A longshoreman was killed in the early hours of 13 July at the Port of New York and New Jersey after a Noell Straddle Carrier he was operating toppled over.
According to the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), the accident took place at Berth 51 of the Port Newark Container Terminal (PNCT) in Port Newark.
The name of the worker was Uriel Matamoros, he was 59 years old and an eight-year veteran of the ILA.
“Our industry is a dangerous profession which is why we fight hard in negotiations for top-level training programmes. Our industry partners and the ILA must redouble our efforts to make certain we prevent accidents like the one that took the life of Brother Matamoros,” said ILA’s president, Harold J. Daggett.
“It is at this difficult time that we realise the dangers involved in our esteemed profession and the value of the need to raise the standards of health and safety,” wrote Jordi Aragunde, International Dockworkers Council (IDC) International Labor Coordinator, adding, “We must pull ourselves together and continue to fight to ensure that no worker loses his or her life on the job.”
