Game Freeze on Shulker Box Opening

Suffering from repeated gaming freeze-ups during local multiplayer since the Nether update. The crashes occurs when a player (typically player 2) opens a Shulker box. It seems related to the actions of the other players as well and may involve another player (frequently player 1) being in-process of opening their inventory. I am not quite able to reproduce the crash on demand, but I have witnessed it over a dozen times. The game then ceases all response and must be force quit. The world in question is ~0.5Gb, which can make saves painful on the switch.