An early morning accident at the Port of Oakland has left one dockworker dead.

The incident happened between 2 and 3 a.m. at Berth 58, in the vicinity of the 1900 block of Middle Harbor Road. As the East Bay Times first reported, authorities say that the longshoreman was trying to secure a container on a ship when he slipped and fell to the dock and then into the water. The man, who was declared dead at the scene, has been identified by the Alameda County Coroner as 59-year-old Jarvis Haskin of Alameda.

In a statement, Port of Oakland maritime director John Driscoll said, "This is a tragedy that strikes everyone very deeply. The waterfront is a tightly-knit community and if a member of that community succumbs we all share the grief."

Cal/OSHA has not yet commented, but the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) confirmed to Bay City News that Haskin was one of its members.

Port workers are considered part of essential business and infrastructure for the Bay Area and have therefore remained on the job during the shelter-in-place order. But today had been expected to be a light day for many union workers at the port, as BCN reports, because it's Cesar Chavez Day, the annual California holiday marking the death of the labor leader.

In case you aren't tuned into City Planning and Architectural Preservation news, the SFBG has a new piece about the battle surrounding the possible demolition of 113 Steuart Street, which once housed the Longshoremen's union during a historic labor strike in 1934. It seems the developer hired preservationist architects Page & Turnbull to write up an assessment of the property which failed to mention anything about the historic strike or the events that took place there, and it was only after Supervisor Aaron Peskin and preservation activists researched the building themselves that Page & Turnbull amended their report. The Guardian asserts that this was a primary reason why the Board of Supes voted to reject Newsom's nomination of one of P&T's principals, Ruth Todd, to the city's Historic Preservation Commission.

The new development proposed for the property, 110 The Embarcadero, would be a 10-12 story high-rise with the highest level of LEED certification for green building standards.

There's always going to be someone who doesn't want to see an old building demolished, but reading the piece, we can't help but think neighborhood activists in this case seem to be rallying behind a historic connection because they don't want their views obstructed by a new high-rise. Decide for yourself, or if you have a personal interest, show up for the community-led meeting scheduled for June 24 at the current longshoremen's union headquarters at 4 Berry Street.