Cargo Business Newswire

Monday, July 20, 2015

Mariner crushed between two containers

Seafarer Andrew Kelly, a member of the Maritime Union of Australia, was working aboard the anchor-handling supply vessel Skandi Pacific about 166 kilometers northwest of Karatha on the North West Shelf when bad weather hit.

A preliminary report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said crew on the Skandi Pacific were forced to stop delivering cargo to the offshore drilling platform Atwood Osprey about 5:25 a.m. due to the conditions and take shelter.

But when a wave came over the back of the deck and started shifting cargo, Kelly attempted to secure the load and was crushed between a moving mini-container and a cargo skip, the ATSB said.

He was moved to the nearby drill platform to receive medial assistance but died a short time later.

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