Longshore Worker Fatally Injured In Lumber Handling Incident [Tampa, Florida – 16 November 2022]

Longshore Worker Fatally Injured In Lumber Handling Incident [Tampa, Florida – 16 November 2022]

Posted by on Nov 16, 2022 in Bulletins

Longshore Worker Fatally Injured In Lumber Handling Incident [Tampa, Florida – 16 November 2022]

With great regret, Blueoceana Company had been made to understand that Kenneth Golston, an ILA worker (member of ILA Local Union 1402) lost his life earlier today when a draft of lumber fell from the forks of an industrial truck, crushing him while on the apron of a general cargo terminal’s wharf at Tampa port, Florida.

Given the relative timing of this accident, many of the neutral facts we would wish to impart are presently unknown. We have it on good account, however, that the stevedore/terminal operator is Ports America.

We will certainly provide updates to this post in the near term and urge our Subscribers to revisit this page in order to learn more over the next few days.

General Information About The Presumed [Subject to confirmation] General Cargo Terminal: https://portsamericatampa.com/GateHours?SiteId=Breakbulk

UPDATE – Above: [Not Entirely Accurate] Press Release Issued By Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
UPDATE – Above: The Accident Scene
Above: Packaged lumber being stacked at Tampa Port

Above: Vessel Schedule at the PA General Cargo Facility
Above: M/V TOMINI LEVANT [See Schedule Above]
Above: Orientation of Tampa Port, Florida
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