Monday, 24 August 2015 12:15
Worker injured during maintenance work
Written by AdminSailor
An employee on the "West Aquarius" working off the coast of Newfoundland suffered a serious injury after his fingers became trapped in a piece of moving equipment.
Hibernia Management and Development Company reported to the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board that the worker was conducting maintenance on the blowout preventer, which is used seal, control and monitor oil and gas wells, on Aug 15, 2015, when the incident occurred.
The man's fingertips on his left hand were caught between moving equipment, and had to be airlifted to hospital in St. John's for treatment.
Work on the blowout preventer was suspended after the employee was injured, pending an investigation by the operator, a C-NLOPB statement said Thursday.
The Seadrill engineer was off for several days but has since returned to work.
He was cleared to work again starting on Aug 21 udner restrictive duties.