Link to Media Account \u00a0\u00a0Shipping Container Crushes Worker at South Philly Port (071017)<\/a><\/p>\n
In the first fatal accident occurring at ILA operations in 2017, Patrick Kelly, a 52 year-old checker and member of ILA Local Union 1242, was crushed to death when a container stack tumbled after being struck by the spreader of a top loader engaged in making a turn at the corner of a block of 45′ MT containers.<\/p>\n
The accident occurred in the very early afternoon; on a hot, humid day at an (unimproved) 40 acre container yard (known as the Publicker Property), adjacent to the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
Currently, there exists a large amount of conjecture as to cause…. Some reason that Mr. Kelly was likely parked in the shade (on a blisteringly hot day) provided by the stack. Others are of the mind that the top loader operator was traveling with his machine’s spreader in a fully extended position unnecessarily. The co-chairmen of the ILA-USMX Joint Safety Committee were immediately dispatched to Philadelphia, and their investigation is ongoing. OSHA, too, has begun its own investigation.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, we can offer links to (relatively accurate) news accounts that were publicly available the day of the accident.<\/p>\n
Link to Media Account: \u00a0Falling cargo container kills man at Packer Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia (071017)<\/a><\/p>\n Link to Media Account \u00a0\u00a0Shipping Container Crushes Worker at South Philly Port (071017)<\/a><\/p>\n
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