Offshore workers: make sure your injury is properly reported

Offshore companies are required to report worker injuries greater than minor ones within 15 days at the end of each month to a safety authority. For the Gulf of Mexico, that would be the Minerals Management Service (now the BOEM). It’s no secret that companies are known to twist definitions to their own advantage, such as what Energy Partners was accused of doing to a worker whose leg was crushed between the boat and the platform in rough seas. To help protect yourself from an employer playing fast and loose with the facts, print out, read and take a copy of the injury reporting guidelines from the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA).

Click on the guidelines here.