Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Port of Los Angeles worker takes bad fall into ship’s cargo hold
A worker who fell 25 feet into the hold of a cargo ship yesterday at the Port of Los Angeles was hospitalized with leg and back injuries.
The man fell into a small area two levels below deck, landing atop 60-foot-long steel pipes that were securely fastened, according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The rescue by paramedics took about two hours, Humphrey said.
For more of the Press-Telegram story: www.presstelegram.com
More Newswire stories
China rejects P3 and Maersk says it’s over
UPS to start charging by package size in U.S.
Container volume at ports of LA, Long Beach up in May
Manhattan to add 9 million square feet of office space by 2015
Home | The Magazine | Conferences | Port Handbooks | Newswire | Advertise | Ocean Schedules | Contact
CBN Archives | About CBN | Subscribe to CBN | Marine Fuels Conference | Southeast Freight Conference | Heartland Shippers’ Conference | Port Productivity Conference | Pacific Northwest Ports Handbook
Golden Gates Ports Handbook | Southern California Ports Handbook | Buy Handbooks | Subscirbe to Newswire | Newswire Archives | Upload Files