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Benicia port death leads to Port of Oakland work stoppage
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By Henry K. Lee Updated 9:11 am, Thursday, November 20, 2014

Workers at the Port of Oakland were staging a daylong stoppage Thursday in reaction to a worker at the Port of Benicia killed on the job. Photo: TIM HUSSIN / Special To The Chronicle / ONLINE_YES

Workers at the Port of Oakland were staging a daylong stoppage Thursday in reaction to a worker at the Port of Benicia killed on the job.
Image 1 of 1 Workers at the Port of Oakland were staging a daylong stoppage Thursday in reaction to a worker at the Port of Benicia killed on the job.
Dockworkers at the Port of Oakland were staging a daylong stoppage Thursday in reaction to an incident in Benicia that killed a worker, a union official said.
Thomas Hoover, 57, was stricken while on the job Wednesday at the Port of Benicia, officials said. He died at Kaiser Permamente Medical Center in Vallejo.
Hoover was found unresponsive and may have suffered an asthma attack that led to a “cardiac event,” according to the Solano County coroner’s office. His death was considered one from natural causes, and after considering his medical history, no autopsy was conducted, authorities said.
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“The worker appeared to be in distress, was taken to the hospital and expired sometime afterwards,” said Craig Merrilees, a spokesman for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.