This is the latest in a long series of similar accidents, wherein longshore workers and mariners have died owing to oxygen deficient atmospheres and the failure of supervision to adequately ensure that spaces within which workers may enter are free from atmospheric hazards or, in the alternative, are blocked off and posted. Coming in the wake of relatively recent IMO requirements which mandate the availability and use of atmospheric testing instruments aboard internationally trading vessels, these accidents punctuate the need for more circumspect compliance and more stringent control.<\/p>\n Oxel\u00f6sund is an important port in Southeastern Sweden, known for its sizable bulk cargo trade. Indeed, imported coal and coal products arrive at Oxel\u00f6sund in large quantities, accommodating the need of local, high quality Swedish Steel mills.<\/p>\n Harbor activities there are undertaken by\u00a0Oxelosunds Hamn:\u00a0http:\/\/www.oxhamn.se\/en\/<\/a>, a full service, operating port authority.<\/p>\n Expressions of sadness are memorialized at the organization’s Facebook page:<\/p>\n Link to Media Account:<\/strong> \u00a0One died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Oxel\u00f6sund harbor (031818)<\/a><\/p>\n Link to Media Account:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Young dock worker died – Was poisoned (031818)<\/a><\/p>\n Link to a Very Reasonable Alert Provided by West of England P&I Club:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/OXELOSUND.jpg\")
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