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Cargill facility in Bloomington, IllinoisAuthorities in central Illinois are working to determine what led to the death of a 48-year-old man after a fall at a Cargill Inc. soybean-processing plant.
Emergency workers brought Michael Burleson to the hospital after responding to a call at the Cargill facility in Bloomington.
Cargill spokesman Mark Klein says Burleson was in the elevator area where the soybeans are stored and apparently fell onto a lower level. Klein says it isn’t clear how that happened. He says the company will work with investigators from the coroner’s office and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Burleson is survived by his wife and two children.
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From the Journal of Commerce:
Shipping lines and terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach were breathing a sigh of relief Wednesday morning after office workers and their employers agreed to resume contract negotiations.
As of Tuesday, it appeared likely that the Office Clerical Unit of ILWU Local 63 was preparing to strike.
Carriers and terminal operators that day held internal meetings during which they were told that if the International Longshore and Warehouse Union affiliate struck the APM terminal in Los Angeles, employers would lock out the other 13 shipping lines and terminals where the OCU works.
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Rather than pit regions against each other, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell predicts USDOT would endorse projects aiding West Coast ports to increase their Asian trade, while competing against Canada and Mexico.U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood chose Seattle’s Harbor Island on Thursday morning to announce creation of a Freight Policy Council. His goal is to propose corridor improvements for U.S. ports and a strategy to better move freight.
Seattle port backers worry about the 2014 widening of the Panama Canal. About 70 percent of cargo entering Seattle winds up in markets beyond the region, therefore the biggest ships can deliver their goods by passing through the enlarged canal to Gulf of Mexico ports. Would a national freight strategy tilt the balance away from the Northwest?
“These ports are going to very well when the Panama Canal opens, because they’re ahead of the curve on this,” LaHood said.
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