{"id":3728,"date":"2019-07-23T13:13:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T18:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueoceana.com\/?p=3728"},"modified":"2019-07-24T11:35:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:35:36","slug":"port-worker-fatally-crushed-by-machinery-warrenpoint-county-down-ireland-18-july-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=3728","title":{"rendered":"Port Worker Fatally Crushed By Machinery  [Warrenpoint, County Down, Ireland &#8211; 18 July 2019]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With great regret, Blueoceana Company has been made aware of a fatal accident occurring at Warrenpoint Harbor, Northern Ireland&#8217;s second largest port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the exact circumstances of the accident have not yet been disclosed, media reports (<strong><em>See <\/em><\/strong>links below) allege that the accident victim, Kevin McGeough, 59 years old and father of three, was &#8220;<em>crushed by a piece of machinery<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>crushed by a moving loading shovel<\/em>&#8221; on the afternoon of 18 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should further information become available, it will be posted here as an Update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Link to Media Account:   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Police-are-investigating-the-death-of-a-man-at-a-harbour-in-Co-Down.-071819.pdf\">Police are investigating the death of a man at a harbour in Co Down. (071819)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Police-are-investigating-the-death-of-a-man-at-a-harbour-in-Co-Down.-071819.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Link to Media Account:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Co-Down-man-who-died-in-workplace-accident-at-Warrenpoint-Port-was-an-amazing-character-071819.pdf\">Co Down man who died in workplace accident at Warrenpoint Port was an &#8216;amazing character&#8217;  (071819)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Co-Down-man-who-died-in-workplace-accident-at-Warrenpoint-Port-was-an-amazing-character-071819.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0_Warrenpoint-Harbour-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0_Warrenpoint-Harbour-3.jpg 810w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0_Warrenpoint-Harbour-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0_Warrenpoint-Harbour-3-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0_Warrenpoint-Harbour-3-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Warrenpoint Port<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-23-at-1.56.55-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-23-at-1.56.55-PM.png 843w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-23-at-1.56.55-PM-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-23-at-1.56.55-PM-768x483.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Orientation for Warrenpoint Port<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Kevin McGeough, longtime port worker, allegedly crushed by marine loading shovel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3728","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\/3728","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=3728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3734,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728\/revisions\/3734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}