Man killed after falling 100ft into smokestack he was working on in the US.
A man has died in South Carolina after he fell 100ft to the bottom of a ship’s smokestack. The 63-year-old, who has yet to be named, was standing on a small platform inside the smokestack as he worked on the ship. But he fell to the bottom of the structure when the platform gave way, The State reports. The tragic incident happened on Sunday at Detyens Shipyards, the largest commercial shipyard on the US East Coast According to the North Charleston Police Department (NCPD), a co-worker – who was with the […]This content is for BHHC Safety Center policy holders.
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