Dock worker killed by snapped cable
{{date|October  5, 2005}}

A dock worker on the [[w:Panama|Panamanian]] cargo vessel Ma Altair was killed when a cable snapped and threw him through the air.  Witnesses say that the 54 year old worker was struck on his right side by a 1-1/2 inch cable being used to unload steel products.  

Authorities were notified at 8:10 am CDT (1310 UTC).  The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Snapped cables are a significant occupational hazard, capable of maiming and dismembering people nearby.  Equipment struck by cables snapping under load is often destroyed.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3382639
|title=Ship Channel dock worker killed by snapped cable
|author=Monica Guzman
|pub=Houston Chronicle
|date=October 5, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.kscourts.org/ca10/cases/2003/02/01-9535.htm
|title=Dalton v. U.S. Department of Labor
|author=
|pub=United States Court of Appears, Tenth Circuit
|date=February 19, 2003}}

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A dock worker on the Panamanian cargo vessel Ma Altair was killed when a cable snapped and threw him through the air.  Witnesses say that the 54 year old worker was struck on his right side by a 1-1/2 inch cable being used to unload steel products.  

Authorities were notified at 8:10 am CDT (1310 UTC).  The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Snapped cables are a significant occupational hazard, capable of maiming and dismembering people nearby.  Equipment struck by cables snapping under load is often destroyed.

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