{"id":3656,"date":"2019-07-10T21:15:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T02:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueoceana.com\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2019-07-14T07:12:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T12:12:27","slug":"operator-killed-as-strong-winds-push-crane-into-the-harbor-taranto-italy-10-july-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=3656","title":{"rendered":"Operator Killed as Strong Storm Winds Push Crane Components Into the Harbor  [Taranto, Italy &#8211; 10 July 2019]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From an unlikely source <em>[an Italian provincial meteorological webpage] <\/em>Blueoceana Company has learned of a fatal accident occurring this evening at the Ionian Sea (<em>Gulfo di Taranto<\/em>) port of Taranto, Italy.  A supplemental report confirming this accident was also found in the Italian journal<em><strong> &#8220;Il Messaggero.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that accident, a thirty-one year old crane operator died as result of crushing injuries sustained when a storm with strong accompanying winds overwhelmed the crane, pushing its cab and the cab&#8217;s supporting structure into Taranto harbor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His body was recovered several hours later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand that the marine terminal segment of the facility specializes in the handling of steel products both rendered and produced by the facility&#8217;s owner, Arcelor Mittal. In this particular case, we understand that the operator (Mr. Cosimo Massaro) was moving scrap metal products at the time of the accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Links to Media Accounts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/TARANTO-The-body-of-the-crushed-crane-worker-is-found-071019.pdf\">TARANTO- The body of the crushed crane worker is found (071019)<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/TARANTO-The-body-of-the-crushed-crane-worker-is-found-071019.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Taranto-a-crane-collapses-due-to-bad-weather-at-the-Arcelor-Mittal-plant-071019.pdf\">Taranto, a crane collapses due to bad weather at the Arcelor Mittal plant (071019)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Taranto-a-crane-collapses-due-to-bad-weather-at-the-Arcelor-Mittal-plant-071019.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-10-at-9.55.24-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3659\" width=\"579\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-10-at-9.55.24-PM.png 496w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-10-at-9.55.24-PM-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><figcaption>The Collapsed Crane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"581\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-10-at-10.41.22-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-10-at-10.41.22-PM.png 581w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-10-at-10.41.22-PM-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><figcaption>Steel Storage Field With Marine Terminal And Its Cranes In Background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-10-at-9.30.58-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3658\" width=\"584\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-10-at-9.30.58-PM.png 551w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-10-at-9.30.58-PM-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption>Orientation for Taranto port<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cosimo Massaro, Crane Operator, Dies in Storm\/Wind Related Accident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3656","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\/3656","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=3656"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3685,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions\/3685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}