Crime & Safety

Tampa Port Worker Dies After Being Crushed By 3,000 Pounds Of Lumber

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating an accident in which an employee was killed at the Port of Tampa.

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating an accident in which an employee was killed at the Port of Tampa when a load of lumber fell on him.
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating an accident in which an employee was killed at the Port of Tampa when a load of lumber fell on him. (Hillsborough Sheriff)

TAMPA, FL — The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating an accident in which an employee was killed at the Port of Tampa when a load of lumber fell on him.

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, on Wednesday at 11:07 a.m., sheriff's deputies along with port security responded to the scene of an accident in which a person was helping to clear the way for a forklift to transfer two bundles of lumber, weighing 3,000 pounds a piece.

According to the sheriff's office, at one point, the forklift operator hit the brakes and the two bundles rolled forward and off the forklift. The first bundle clipped the worker, while the second bundle of lumber rolled over and crushed him, said deputies.

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He was taken to Tampa General hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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