Worker killed in collision at Port of Long Beach was Carson man
A port official said the 64-year-old was struck by a vehicle near a container terminal at the port, in what police called an industrial accident.
A port official said the 64-year-old was struck by a vehicle near a container terminal at the port, in what police called an industrial accident.
Authorities responded to the 300 block of Mediterranean Way regarding an “industrial accident” where a man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
A man was fatally injured today when he was pinned between two trailers at an industrial transportation company on Terminal Island, authorities said.
The tire that blew was on a large loader that’s used to move shipping containers around the terminal, a port official said.
A construction worker suffered a significant leg injury when a steel beam fell on him and pinned him on the second floor of a construction site for a mixed-use development in downtown Long Beach this morning.
Two men who became trapped chest-high in glass that shattered when they attempted to unload it from a shipping container this afternoon were eventually freed with the help of Long Beach firefighters and their co-workers.