One dockworker has actually passed away and also an additional continual extreme injuries in a crash at a Port of Los Angeles container terminal on Wednesday.

A Port of Los Angeles declaration claimed the occurrence happened at about 7:25 a.m. at the Fenix Marine Services at Pier 300.

An commercial mishap on Wednesday, May 15 at a Port of Los Angeles container incurable unfortunately took the life of an International Longshore and also Warehouse Union (ILWU) employee and also seriously wounded a 2nd employee. According to first records, the mishap including a leading loader container trainer. The damaged employee was carried to Harbor UCLA Medical Center.

“My heart goes out to the families of the victims of this tragic accident and to all the brothers and sisters of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union,” claimed Port ofLos Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka “It’s particularly tragic that this accident occurred on the day of the ILWU’s annual ‘First Blood’ event, which honors those who have lost their lives working on the waterfront.”

“I am heartbroken to learn that we lost one of our ILWU brothers in an industrial accident at the Port of Los Angeles while another has been seriously injured,” claimed Los Angeles 15thDistrict City Councilman Joe Buscaino “Please keep their families in your prayers and respect their privacy at this time. Today is a tragic reminder of the danger that thousands of workers face every day working on our docks. My office will continue to work with the agencies investigating this accident.”

Los Angeles Port Police together with California Division of Occupational Safety and also Health (Cal- OSHA) and also the UNITED STATE Coast Guard have actually started an examination right into the mishap.

The Fenix Marine Services container terminal is presently shut.

The identifications of sufferers have actually not been provided. Both were participants of the International Longshore and also Warehouse Union (ILWU), which stands for dockworkers at ports on the united state West Coast, Hawaii, and also in British Columbia, Canada.

Pier 300 is the 2nd biggest container terminal at the Port ofLos Angeles Fenix took control of procedures of the incurable from Eagle Mariner Services previously this year, nonetheless, it has actually been a renter at the port considering that 1997.