Industrial Accident at the Everett Waterfront
A deck hand is critically injured after a barrel of acid falls, highlighting the daily dangers faced by laborers on the docks.
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Samuel Iverson, a deck hand on the steamer Mabel, was seriously injured at Everett Friday afternoon by a barrel of acid falling on him. He now lies at Providence hospital suffering intense pain from his injuries. In unloading the barrels, it required two men to handle the truck. Iverson was an old hand at the business, but his companion was inexperienced and allowed the handle to slip from his hands. Being relieved of a steadying hand on one side, the truck swung to the other and toppled over the gang plank, taking Iverson with it. The barrel struck and reeled over across his body near the hips, inflicting internal injuries of a serious nature. When Iverson was seen at the hospital yesterday the attending physician had been working two and a half hours to relieve him. He was as white as a ghost and talked with difficulty.
“He was as white as a ghost and talked with difficulty.”
Workplace safety remains a persistent challenge for Seattle and the surrounding Puget Sound industrial hubs. Just as in 1893, inexperienced labor or inadequate equipment protocols continue to pose significant risks for workers in our port and transit sectors.
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