Longshore Worker Struck & Killed By Industrial Truck [Marina di Carrara, Italy – 21 August 2018]

Posted by admin on Aug 22, 2018 in Bulletins

With great regret, Blueoceana Company has learned that a 40 year old longshore worker was fatally injured in a dockside vehicular accident during the loading of an ocean going vessel at the port of Carrara, Italy yesterday (21 August) afternoon.

What basic facts we have, indicate that the as-yet unnamed worker was at the port’s East Pier; walking near a shoreside crane, when he was “overwhelmed” by a large forklift truck.

The Tuscan port of Marina di Carrara includes multi-purpose facilities that handle container, break bulk (predominantly blocks and slabs of Carrara marble) and Ro-Ro cargoes, where we understand Porto di Carrara S.p.a. acts as the exclusive stevedoring company there, and annually handles about 3 millions tons of dry cargo, excluding containers. The Company was established in 1992, and the average annual turnover is about 25 million Euro.

We have no information as yet relative to the size of the forklift truck that struck this worker, but do know that the stevedore owns a sizable number of high capacity variable lift machines such as the one shown in the photo below.

Link to Media Account: Dock worker crushed to death by forklift (082118)

UPDATE (23 August 8:30 AM):  As the press report linked to below sets out, the worker killed in Tuesday’s accident at Carrara port has been identified as Alessandro Lorenzani (see photos below), a 39 year old longshore worker. We now understand that the provincial prosecutor has opened up a culpable manslaughter investigation into this accident. In searching for a basis that could predicate the investigation of this matter along those culpable lines, we have found a media account of yet another fatal accident which occurred last month at a Carrara port marble warehouse which was apparently also operated by Porto di Carrara S.p.a. For further details in relation to that event, please see the relevant posting, above.

Link to Media Account:  Manslaughter probe into docker’s work-accident death (082218)