held during the first week of May.

Magistrate Cheryl-Ann Mapp yesterday set aside May 1 and 2 for the inquest.

Yesterday Mrs. Mapp also ordered Sea-Land president Andrew Cooper site and site supervisor Peter Vosvenieks, who have been charged in connection with accident, to return to court on June 2 for a trial.

Mr. Cooper informed the court that he will be off the Island at that time for the Newport to Bermuda yacht race.

But Mrs. Mapp sharply reminded him that the matter was more pressing than any social engagements.

Mr. Cooper has been charged with failing to provide a safe system of work in relation to a crane; allowing the use of a crane that had not been inspected within the previous 12 months and permitting Mr. Sewell to operate it when he was not trained and competent to do so on November 2, 1995.

Vosvenieks was charged with failing to ensure that a crane was operated in a safe and proper manner; permitting a crane to be operated in an unsafe manner and failing to take reasonable steps to protect the health and safety of people who might have been affected by his acts or omissions at work.

The Sea-Land pair have denied the offences which carry a maximum penalty of 12 months in prison or a $5,000 fine.

Mr. Sewell, a father of three, who started working for Sea-Land in May, 1985, was crushed to death between the front end of a container truck and a 20,000-ton crane arm during work on the Bull's Head car park November, last year.