{"id":5805,"date":"2022-07-27T09:43:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T14:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueoceana.com\/?p=5805"},"modified":"2022-07-27T09:50:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T14:50:20","slug":"63-year-old-longshore-worker-fatally-crushed-in-cargo-hold-by-fallen-marble-block-hualien-port-taiwan-02-july-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=5805","title":{"rendered":"63 Year Old Longshore Worker Fatally Crushed In Cargo Hold by Fallen Marble Block  [Hualien Port, Taiwan  &#8211;  02 July 2022]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In researching recent serious accidents occurring at ports worldwide, Blueoceana Company has been made aware of a fatal accident that took place earlier this month at Hualien port, Taiwan, in which a dock worker [Mr. Xia Nan, 63] was crushed and dismembered by a 33 ton block of marble being discharged by a shoreside mobile crane from the hold of <strong>M\/V TONG MAO<\/strong> <strong>7 <\/strong> (<strong><em>See<\/em><\/strong> photo below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From several reports made available through our research, it appears (but is unconfirmed) that a wire rope (part of the hoisting arrangement) chafed against a structural part of the hatch and parted; sending the 33 ton piece back into the hold and crushing the worker between it and another block of marble still in stowage. (<strong><em>See <\/em><\/strong>also, photo below). Our understanding, is that the victim was cut in two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Links To Media Accounts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/33-tons-of-marble-dropped-Cause-of-Hualien-Port-workers-lower-body-fatal-accident-revealed-070222.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of 33-tons-of-marble-dropped-Cause-of-Hualien-Port-workers-lower-body-fatal-accident-revealed-070222..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-27db1a14-b48b-4fdf-856c-6a3bd4110354\" href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/33-tons-of-marble-dropped-Cause-of-Hualien-Port-workers-lower-body-fatal-accident-revealed-070222.pdf\">33-tons-of-marble-dropped-Cause-of-Hualien-Port-workers-lower-body-fatal-accident-revealed-070222<\/a><a 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href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3736407-PH.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3736407-PH.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3736407-PH.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3736407-PH-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em><strong>Above:<\/strong><\/em>  Aftermath at Accident Scene (cleansed)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1.jpeg 768w, 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<\/em><\/strong>Port of Hualien, Taiwan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-27-at-9.20.12-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-27-at-9.20.12-AM-1024x745.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5812\" width=\"840\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-27-at-9.20.12-AM-1024x745.png 1024w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-27-at-9.20.12-AM-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-27-at-9.20.12-AM-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-27-at-9.20.12-AM-1536x1118.png 1536w, 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