Police, OSHA investigate death of Port Everglades worker struck by shipping container
Federal and local authorities are investigating the death of a Port Everglades worker after he was struck by a shipping container last week, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.
The worker was identified as Odely Joseph of Fort Lauderdale.
Around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, police and paramedics were dispatched to the 2000 block of Southeast 42nd Street in Port Everglades, investigators say. First responders then found the 51-year-old injured aboard the Hohebank ship, where the incident occurred, and declared him dead on scene.
The preliminary investigation indicates a shipping container struck Joseph before he died, BSO said in a statement.
Homicide detectives and Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials are investigating the circumstances surrounding Joseph’s fatality, according to BSO.
Medical examiner calls it an ‘accident’
Joseph died from a “blunt head injury,” the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office said Friday.
In an email to the Miami Herald, the medical examiner listed “accident” as the manner of his death.
Officials haven’t said exactly how the accident occurred.
This isn’t the first time this year that an accident has happened at Port Everglades. In March, a man was injured after the cement truck he was driving rolled over at the port.
This story was originally published October 21, 2022 at 6:49 AM.
