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Fatalities – 2000

May 19, 2000 – BP Amoco Corporation

Remarks: On the morning of May 19, 2000, a contract employee was using a portable winch (come-along) to remove a section of removable guardrail for the purpose of accommodating the installation of the mounting beams of a temporary crane. One end of the come-along was attached to the section of guardrail to be removed, while the other end was attached to a section of fixed guardrail located approximately 5 feet above the guardrail to be removed. As tension was applied to the come-along, the upper guardrail failed at its base welds and detached from the deck. As a result of the detachment, the employee fell approximately 60 feet to the plus 10 deck and sustained fatal injuries.

August 16, 2000 - BP Amoco Corporation

Remarks: On the evening of August 16, 2000, a drilling contractor employee was air-hoisted into the derrick to assist another employee secure a stand of drill pipe that had fallen across the derrick from the fingers, and had rested on the monkey board. At a height of approximately 80 above the rig floor, the employee’s body harness/boatswain’s chair became detached from the hook of the air hoist line. The employee fell to the rig floor and sustained fatal injuries. See OCS Report MMS 2000-089 for more details.

September 8, 2000 - Exxon Mobil Corporation

Remarks: During routine drilling operations on the MODU Marine 700, the riser cart/carriage assembly moved forward, pinning a drilling floorhand between the riser cart/carriage assembly and the iron roughneck on the drill floor. The floorhand received fatal injuries as a result of this accident.

October 27, 2000 – Ocean Energy, Inc.

Remarks: The employee was found unconscious on the motor room floor. It appears that a piece of equipment fell and struck the employee. The U.S. Coast Guard is responsible for investigating this incident.

November 11, 2000 – Energy Partners, Ltd.

Remarks: A diver was working on a pipeline when he lost communication with the surface. A second diver was unable to locate the first diver. The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating this incident.