When a resident of Katy, Texas was killed in a crane accident on a platform about 75 miles southeast of Galveston last week, it served as a reminder of the dangers that offshore workers face every day.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) has opened an investigation into the accident. According to the BOEMRE accident report, during a crane lift of large equipment from the platform to a work boat, the crane collapsed from an apparent boom hoist failure. This triggered a chain of events ending in the crane harness striking the employee who subsequentely died from blunt forced trauma.
The accident occurred Aug. 16 at a Energy Resource Technology oil and gas platform. Energy Resource Technology is a subsidiary of Helix Energy Solutions Group of Houston, which owns the lease of the shallow water drill site.
This tragedy is an example of how working on offshore platforms is some the most dangerous work there is.
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