Spanish Docker Struck & Killed By Falling Cargo [A Coruña, Galicia (España) – 06 August 2018]

Posted by admin on Aug 7, 2018 in Bulletins

Carlos Asenjo, a 44 year old waterfront worker, was killed aboard a vessel that was loading a cargo of float glass yesterday afternoon at the Calvo Sotelo docks in the Galician port of A Coruña.

Reports coming to Blueoceana Company indicate that Sr. Asenjo was in the hold of an as-yet unnamed ship when the movement of glass aboard became unstable and failed. Parts of the draft fell upon the worker with lethal force.

Media reports (see links below) indicate that a labor organization representing workers at the port have been critical of occupational safety efforts on the part of operating companies there. They allege that the hiring of temporary, poorly trained and inexperienced workers has resulted in the deterioration of a safe work environment.

Link to Rough Translation of Spanish Language Media Report:  A 44-year-old man dies in a work accident in the port of A Coruña (080618)

Link to Rough Translation of Spanish Language Media Report:  The IGC denounces unsafe work in the port after the death of an operator (080718)

Update [11 August 2018] :  As it turns out, use of the phrase “Rough Translation” (see above) couldn’t have been more appropriate. Information coming to us from Spain this evening is conclusive in establishing the fact that the accident chronicled here did not occur aboard a ship, but rather occurred within a large warehouse within the marine terminal. We regret the error, and can only point to the sometimes imperfect products of online translation services and our own linguistic challenges.

Above:   The Calvo Sotelo docks at A Coruña.