Information coming to Blueoceana Company indicates that Mario Maurel, a 61 year old longshore worker in the employ of Ultramar at the South Pacific (TPS) Terminal (Valparaiso), was killed in yard tractor collision on Tuesday of this week.
While the local news account of the accident that claimed Sr. Maurel’s life is short on facts that are directly related to the allision, we understand through independent sources that he was engaged in making a U-turn in an open area when he allided with an intermodal chassis. The impact caused his operator’s cab to be leveraged upward (into a service/maintenance position), whereupon he was jettisoned through the vehicle’s windshield. His fall took him directly in front of the vehicle’s wheels, and he was run-over by the yard tractor he had been operating.
Our sources indicate that all yard tractors at the facility are “velocity controlled” (fitted with speed governors), and that the operator was not wearing the fitted seat belt.
The investigation is ongoing.
Link to Media Account: Valparaíso portmen call for doubling safety at terminals after worker death (072517)
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Valparaíso portmen call for doubling safety at terminals
after worker death
The Port Workers' Coordinator of Valparaiso expressed regret over the death of worker Mario Maurel and called for "redoubled efforts in matters of security".
"He was a senior and experienced Ultraport worker. At the moment we will live to mourn, to bring our sorrow and support to the family and the Sudemp Union where he was a partner, "the union adds in a statement.
"We will wait until the causes of the facts are completely clarified through the investigations that the law contemplates. We will be vigilant to the results of the investigations, but with the greatest strength of our organization, we will go against the causes or possible culprits in this tragic situation, "the statement concludes.
Similarly, through a statement, South Pacific Terminal lamented the death of Mario Maurel while doing work inside the concession area.
Valparaíso portmen call for doubling safety at terminals
after worker death
The Port Workers' Coordinator of Valparaiso expressed regret over the death of worker Mario Maurel and called for "redoubled efforts in matters of security".
"He was a senior and experienced Ultraport worker. At the moment we will live to mourn, to bring our sorrow and support to the family and the Sudemp Union where he was a partner, "the union adds in a statement.
"We will wait until the causes of the facts are completely clarified through the investigations that the law contemplates. We will be vigilant to the results of the investigations, but with the greatest strength of our organization, we will go against the causes or possible culprits in this tragic situation, "the statement concludes.
Similarly, through a statement, South Pacific Terminal lamented the death of Mario Maurel while doing work inside the concession area.
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