Fatality at Auckland
A stevedore has been killed in an accident on a vessel at Ports of Auckland.
In a tragic event a stevedore working at the Fergusson Container Terminal at Ports of Auckland in New Zealand has been killed in an accident.
Ports of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson has said the port is devastated by the news, but the port has declined to issue a full statement pending an investigation.
Worksafe NZ, the government agency responsible for workplace safety in New Zealand, issued a brief statement saying it had been notified of the incident but was unable to comment further. As the accident happened on a vessel the investigation will be led by Maritime New Zealand.
This incident comes less than two weeks after Ports of Auckland pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to comply with a duty that exposed a person to risk, following the death of a straddle carrier driver in a roll-over incident in 2018. In July the port was fined NZ$424,000 over another incident in 2017 when one of its pilot boats accidentally struck and killed a swimmer in Waitemata Harbour.
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