{"id":2565,"date":"2018-09-14T11:53:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T16:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueoceana.com\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2018-09-16T11:52:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T16:52:56","slug":"longshore-worker-fatally-injured-during-pipe-discharge-operation-antwerp-be-14-september-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=2565","title":{"rendered":"Longshore Worker Fatally Injured During Pipe Discharge Operation  [Antwerp, BE &#8211; 14 September 2018]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News reaching Blueoceana Company from friends in Europe moments ago, has us understand that a 53 year old Belgian longshore worker was crushed dockside during the transfer of steel pipe. The as-yet unnamed worker was standing on the dock adjacent to the vessel being worked, when one of the lengths of pipe came away from a trailing vehicle and ultimately landed on him.<\/p>\n<p>As far as we can determine, only one media report exists at this time. We provide a link to its translated version below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link to Media Account: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dock-worker-died-in-Antwerp-harbor-when-unloading-pipes-091418.pdf\">Dock worker died in Antwerp harbor when unloading pipes (091418)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 14 September 2018, 11:45 PM [EST]: \u00a0<\/strong>A second, followup media account has been published by <strong>GAZET VAN ANTWERPEN<\/strong>, and in it a \u00a0representative of the dock workers&#8217; union provides added insight into the accident, <em>to wit<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;When unloading tubes with the fork lift, a\u00a0tube started rolling and ended up on a worker&#8221;, says Percy De Middelaer, trade union\u00a0representative of BTB-ABVV. &#8220;Since those tubes weigh 1000 to 1500 kg, the dock worker\u00a0was instantly dead. It is a man of 54 years, with 15 years of experience in the port. &#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Link to Media Account: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dock-worker-is-killed-in-an-accident-at-work-in-Antwerp-harbor-091418.pdf\">Dock worker is killed in an accident at work in Antwerp harbor (091418)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Zuidnatie.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2567\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Zuidnatie.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1328\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Zuidnatie.jpeg 1328w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Zuidnatie-300x90.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Zuidnatie-768x230.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Zuidnatie-1024x306.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1328px) 100vw, 1328px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Above &amp; Below: \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Zuidanatie Break Bulk Facility, Antwerp.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2568\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-300x187.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/belgium_sm_2016.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2569\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/belgium_sm_2016.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Yet Unidentified Longshore Worker Crushed by Falling Pipe Cargo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2565","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\/2565","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=2565"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565\/revisions\/2588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}