Published in Oil Industry News on Thursday, 10 March 2016
Catastrophic Failure of Offshore Crane on North Sea Platform
A ‘lifting incident’ reported earlier today that happened on CNR’s Murchison platform yesterday was in fact a catastrophic failure of the platforms crane.
The picture sent to Oil and Gas People from sources close to the incident shows the cranes boom completely collapsed.
It has been confirmed that the crane was lifting from a supply ship when the incident happened and a Spokeswoman for CNR confirmed that the Boom of the crane had elevated above its limits.
Our source offshore confirmed that the crane boom had completely collapsed. The incident is believed to have resulted in some debris falling to sea although the spokeswoman for CNR confirmed the load being lifted made it safely onto the deck.
CNR issued this updated statement: "CNR International (UK) Limited can confirm that there has been significant damage to the boom on one of the Murchison platform cranes following an incident that occurred during a lifting operation yesterday (9th March).
"No one was hurt as result and all 102 personnel on board at the time of the incident are safe and well. There are no plans to downman.
"An investigation team, led by a member of CNR senior management, has been mobilised, and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been notified.
"The cause of the incident is still being established, however as a precaution, all crane operations on the platform have been suspended.
"Safety is a core value and CNR takes all incidents of this nature very seriously.
Murchison Platform is located in the Northern North Sea block, approximately 280 nautical miles North of Aberdeen."