An offshore worker claims he suffered severe and disabling injuries when extreme winds caused the transfer basket he was riding in to fall to the deck of a crew boat, reports the Louisiana Record.
Sean Samuel Clements seeks compensation for pain, mental anguish, disability, medical expenses, punitive damages, maintenance and cure from the following defendants: Empire Scaffold, BW Offshore USA Inc. and BW Offshore USA Management. Those companies were his employers when the accident allegedly occurred on Sept. 30, 2010 while he was working as a seaman aboard the FPSO BW Pioneer.
FPSO stands for floating production, storage and offloading unit which is used to process hydrocarbons and store oil.
The defendants stand accused of negligence for failure to provide a safe working place, failure to warn and correct dangerous conditions of the vessel and maintaining an unseaworthy vessel.
The lawsuit was filed Sept. 30 in New Orleans federal court.
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