By Delayna Earley
The Island News
A construction worker was killed in Port Royal on Nov. 14.
George Rundell, a 21-year-old employee of Harbormasters International, was killed when he was “struck and pinned by a large steel concrete form” late in the morning at the construction site at the former Port of Port Royal located at 517 Paris Ave., according to a press release from Port Royal Police Department (PRPD) released on November 15.
Police officers, the Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department and Beaufort County EMS responded to the site just before 11 a.m., after which Rundell was transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital where he died due to his injuries.
He was pronounced dead at 11:20 a.m. according to the Beaufort County Coroner’s office.
According to a preliminary review of the incident, the steel form became unstable and fell and no foul play is suspected at this time.
The South Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Administration (SC OSHA) has been made aware of the incident.
Rundell, originally of St. Petersburg, Fla., worked for Harbormasters International, a company based in Port Royal that specializes in building floating docks.
Delayna Earley formerly worked as a photojournalist for The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette, as well as newspapers in Indiana and Virginia. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
