{"id":1479,"date":"2017-03-21T20:03:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T01:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueoceana.com\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2017-11-26T16:16:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T21:16:12","slug":"port-worker-killed-in-dock-machinery-collapse-belfast-north-ireland-21-march-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=1479","title":{"rendered":"Port Worker Killed In Dock Machinery Collapse  [Belfast, Northern Ireland ~ 21 March 2017]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/130349577-66b1a442-0585-4891-b9dc-c763f4b30e12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1484\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/130349577-66b1a442-0585-4891-b9dc-c763f4b30e12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/130349577-66b1a442-0585-4891-b9dc-c763f4b30e12.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/130349577-66b1a442-0585-4891-b9dc-c763f4b30e12-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/130349577-66b1a442-0585-4891-b9dc-c763f4b30e12-768x361.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/130349577-66b1a442-0585-4891-b9dc-c763f4b30e12-1024x481.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>While initial media reports are conspicuously short on information, Blueoceana Company has been made to understand that Neil Rooney, a Belfast port worker, was killed earlier this morning when components of a bulk cargo hopper collapsed onto him at that city&#8217;s Stormont Wharf.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From colleagues working at Belfast, we have learned that the deceased dock worker is the father of two young children.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our thoughts are with Neil&#8217;s life partner, Lyndsey, and their two children, Matthew &amp; Cara.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We understand that the operators of the facility are known as Scruttons, and apart from being advised that the hopper was owned by the Belfast Harbour Commission we know little more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As further information is made available, Blueoceana Company will update this bulletin accordingly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Link to Media Account: \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Fatal-accident-in-Belfast-harbour-032117.pdf\">Fatal accident in Belfast harbour (032117)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Link to Media Account:<\/strong> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Man-dies-in-industrial-accident-at-Belfast-Harbour-Estate-032117-1.pdf\">Man dies in industrial accident at Belfast Harbour Estate (032117)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Neil-Rooney-Obit-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1493\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Neil-Rooney-Obit-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1361\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Neil-Rooney-Obit-copy.jpg 1361w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Neil-Rooney-Obit-copy-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Neil-Rooney-Obit-copy-768x325.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Neil-Rooney-Obit-copy-1024x433.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1361px) 100vw, 1361px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neil Rooney Suffers Crushing Injuries as Components of Bulk Cargo Hopper Fall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blueoceana_blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1479"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1932,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions\/1932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}