Two longshore workers were killed in work accidents at Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in Philadelphia and Maher Terminals in Port Newark, N.J.
Carmen “Chuckie” Dirago, a member of International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1291, was killed in Philadelphia when a tractor-trailer backed into him, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Don Delia, a member of ILA Local 1804-1, died in the Newark accident. Details of the accident were not available.
Friday’s deaths raise the number of ILA members killed in work accidents in the last four years to 14.