Fatalities - 1995
 

Remarks: Floor hands were pulling 1-in wash pipe up to ~60' when the top piece of wash pipe caught on Top-Drive of rig. Three floor hands tried to free wash pipe. The T-bar clamp slipped off the pipe. The wash pipe fell back into the hole, striking one floor hand in the hip, and the other on the forehead on the way down. The floorhand that was hit in the hip was evacuated to the hospital for treatment, whereas the second floorhand was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
 

Remarks: Rig personnel were in the process of removing tie ropes for mooring supply-work boats from the legs of the rig. The crane operator lowered a worker by the port crane between the leg and rig hull, down to the bottom of the leg so that he could disconnect the mooring ropes. The D-ring slipped past the safety latch and off of the crane fast line ball hook. The worker was observed falling into the Gulf waters wearing a work vest life jacket and a safety riding belt. All operations were shut down and a search was launched. The body was found still attached to the riding cable.
 

Remarks: While replacing grating on the sump tank deck, the construction personnel removed a section of grating on the well bay deck level to lower the new section of grating to the sump tank deck level. A production hand carrying a small box was hurrying to answer a phone call when he fell through the hole striking a pole on the lower deck and then falling to the +12 boat dock level. The production hand was flown to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
 

Remarks: Two Chevron operators attended the daily morning meeting with other Chevron operations personnel on Platform M, Main Pass Block 42. Following the meeting, one of the operators, henceforth referred to as Operator 2, departed Platform D of the L-D-M complex by boat for Platform B. The other operator, henceforth referred to as Operator 1, after further discussions and meetings regarding the blowing-down of a 16-inch pipeline from Platform B to Platform L, departed Platform M with two contractors by helicopter for Platform B. Approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes after having arrived on Platform B, Operator 1 approached one of the contractors who was working on a valve and told him to use his ear plugs because the blowing-down of the 16-inch gas pipeline would soon begin. The operator then left the contractor's work area. Very soon thereafter, the contractor heard a loud noise and went to the 16-inch pipeline pig launcher area. There he observed that both Operators 1 and 2 had been injured. Chevron operations personnel on Platform M were then notified. As a result of the notification, Chevron operations personnel and paramedics flew immediately to the scene. The paramedics communicated by phone with a physician who advised that the operators should be considered fatalities. The bodies were flown to Port Sulphur Hospital. The operators blew down the pipeline and secured the accident area for investigative purposes. A Chevron safety specialist arrived on the scene at 1400 hours. Two MMS inspectors arrived at approximately 1445 hours.

Remarks: While tightening bolts on the flare line flange on the +10 level near the platform leg, an 18# piece of angle iron fell from a position above two workers (operator and roustabout), striking one. The operator, who suffered a fractured skull was knocked into the Gulf. The roustabout, who suffered a fractured right hand and cuts on his right forearm, attempted to assist his coworker until help could arrive. The operator was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
 

Remarks: A driller was working on the rig floor when the portable top drive disengaged from the kelly swivel, falling, and hitting him in the head. The impact killed him instantly. The body was taken to the medical center by helicopter.
 

Remarks: A contract employee was removing scaffolding from the subcellar deck of the platform with a cutting torch. An employee had finished removing a piece of angle iron when he asked a coworker, who was working on top side of the deck at the time. He was standing on a 2" pipe and was holding onto the handrails. He then fell approximately 46' into 10-12' seas. The body was not recovered.