Marine Terminal Worker Fatally Crushed Under Folding Flatrack Sidewall [Pyeongtaek Port, S. Korea – 23 April 2021
Late arriving information coming to Blueoceana Company from South Korea provides that Mr. Lee Seon-ho, a 23 year old marine terminal worker at the Port of Pyeongtaek, South Korea, died on April 23rd of injuries sustained while sweeping out the timber deck of a grounded flatrack.
From what we can derive from the loosely translated articles linked to below, Mr. Lee was working within the confines of one side of the flatrack when a forklift truck made contact with the opposite folding wall (perhaps in the process of folding the wall for subsequent stacking/storage) causing it to fall. In a chain reaction, the folding wall on Mr. Lee’s side of the flatrack fell… crushing Mr. Lee beneath it.
Other news articles we’ve had the opportunity to review, indicate that the forklift operator was placed under arrest by the local police authorities.
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