drive the machine which killed him, his brother said last night.

Mr. Sewell died on Thursday after his mobile crane toppled over while lifting a container.

The 39-year-old father of three, of St. Luke's Lane, St. George's, was crushed between the crane arm and the container truck at the Bull's Head car park construction site.

But brother Mr. Rudy Sewell, who is a licenced crane operator, said: "Teddy was a mechanic. He didn't have the licence to operate a crane. I don't know why he did it, but it's too late now.

"He had a licence to drive it, but not to operate it, I'm sure of that. He'd never done any big lifts before, to my knowledge. I think it was inexperience which caused the accident.'' Last night Home Affairs Minister Quinton Edness said: "The health and safety people will do a report from their perspective and so will the Police. Until these are complete, we won't know how it happened.'' Police yesterday were carrying out interviews with eyewitnesses and site workers.

The massive crane Mr. Sewell was driving when he died was taken away from the Hamilton-based Sea-Land Construction site yesterday and work was suspended.

Sea-Land owner Mr. Andrew Cooper, of Pembroke, yesterday refused to comment on the accident.

Bermuda Industrial Union president Mr. Ottiwell Simmons said that it was up to an inquiry to establish the facts of the case.

But he added: "Each time we hear of this type of accident, we say that people who are operating any type of machinery, particularly heavy equipment, have to be trained and experienced people and they have to have proper supervision.

"They have to be extremely vigilant and insist on health and safety committees to determine what is and isn't dangerous and train people in the best interests of their workforce. An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.''