{"id":7830,"date":"2026-08-03T11:08:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=7830"},"modified":"2026-08-05T07:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:08:42","slug":"longshoreman-fatally-crushed-as-mobile-cranes-boom-separates-and-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=7830","title":{"rendered":"Longshoreman Fatally Crushed as Mobile Crane Boom Comes Away From Its On-Board MAFI Lashing  [Baltimore, Maryland &#8211; 03 August 2026]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With great regret, Blueoceana Company has been made to understand that David D. Smith, a longshoreman and member of ILA Local Union 333, was fatally injured earlier this morning (03 August 2026) when assisting in the unloading of large crane parts from a MAFI trailer at Baltimore port, Maryland (<strong><em>See <\/em><\/strong>exemplar and specific photos below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While awaiting further confirming information, preliminary reports relate that during delivery of the MAFI&#8217;s cargo a synthetic strap securing the disassembled crane&#8217;s boom parted, allowing the boom to fall on Mr. Smith, crushing him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Representatives of the ILA~USMX Joint Safety Committee are presently en-route to Baltimore to investigate this accident and provide findings and recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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\/2026\/08\/Man-dies-after-being-struck-by-equipment-at-Dundalk-Marine-Terminal-080326.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Man dies after being struck by equipment at Dundalk Marine Terminal (080326).\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-59de97d4-ffa9-4198-94bf-f6e989fc3918\" href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Man-dies-after-being-struck-by-equipment-at-Dundalk-Marine-Terminal-080326.pdf\">Man dies after being struck by equipment at Dundalk Marine Terminal (080326)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Man-dies-after-being-struck-by-equipment-at-Dundalk-Marine-Terminal-080326.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-59de97d4-ffa9-4198-94bf-f6e989fc3918\">Download<\/a><\/div>\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\/2026\/08\/Worker-at-Port-of-Baltimore-dies-after-he-was-struck-by-equipment-at-Dundalk-Marine-Terminal-080326.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Worker at Port of Baltimore dies after he was struck by equipment at Dundalk Marine Terminal (080326).\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e0537a46-ec3e-4a63-824a-fd3d6cb20bd7\" href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Worker-at-Port-of-Baltimore-dies-after-he-was-struck-by-equipment-at-Dundalk-Marine-Terminal-080326.pdf\">Worker at Port of Baltimore dies after he was struck by equipment at Dundalk Marine Terminal (080326)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Worker-at-Port-of-Baltimore-dies-after-he-was-struck-by-equipment-at-Dundalk-Marine-Terminal-080326.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e0537a46-ec3e-4a63-824a-fd3d6cb20bd7\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Worker-dies-after-equipment-strike-at-Dundalk-Marine-Terminal.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-11.59.14-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-11.59.14-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7832\" 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Note fallen boom at right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0108-copy-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0108-copy-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0108-copy-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0108-copy-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0108-copy-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0108-copy-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0108-copy-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Above: <\/em><\/strong> The parted synthetic strap<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-12.05.18-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-12.05.18-PM-1024x707.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-12.05.18-PM-1024x707.png 1024w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-12.05.18-PM-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-12.05.18-PM-768x531.png 768w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-12.05.18-PM.png 1410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Above:<\/em><\/strong>  Orientation of Baltimore Port, Maryland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longshoreman David Deon Smith, 53, Killed When Synthetic Strapping Separates During Unloading of MAFI Trailer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7830","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\/7830","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=7830"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7851,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7830\/revisions\/7851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}