Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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A worker was lost from the offshore platform im on
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8022029.stm
Not a good time for the North Sea just now
Iv been up since 3am when the alarm went off, due home this afternoon though
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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not good at all just now for the north sea
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Rigs aren't having much luck atm are they
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BluKoo
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Registered: 8th Apr 02
Location: Stonehaven (Scotland)
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Bloody hell. Thats a bit odd.
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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is it easy to fall over board on a platform
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dannymccann
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Registered: 9th Aug 06
Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
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Poor bloke, if they havent found him now its very doubtful he will still be alive
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Mertin
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quote: Originally posted by a_j_mair
is it easy to fall over board on a platform
Only working overside
And then, if you are overside you have to wear a harness attached to the structure, lifejacket, Personal Locator Beacon and have the daughter craft from the standy by vessel in the water beside where you are working
We had 2 standy by vessels (2 daughter craft and 1 fast rescue craft) on each one, a nearby trawler and a coastgaurd helicopter searching.
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
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Anymore details? Was he working on a job and went missing or did he just go awol on a break or?
Strange
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Mertin
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quote: Originally posted by richc
Anymore details? Was he working on a job and went missing or did he just go awol on a break or?
Strange
Not sure if I can say at the moment, so would rather not say
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C2RL R
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thats not good at all. it says he may not have been wearing personal protective equipment. i guess there will be a major investigation into what has happened so they won't release any further info for a while.
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Mertin
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quote: Originally posted by C2RL R
thats not good at all. it says he may not have been wearing personal protective equipment. i guess there will be a major investigation into what has happened so they won't release any further info for a while.
He wouldve been wearing PPE
He wouldnt have been wearing any survival gear such as lifejacket, or the survival suit you wear when your in the chopper
Think theres a vessel with an ROV and divers on board on its way to the field
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Not lookin good for him Mertin!
Do they know what happened yet, ive only seen a small bit about it in a paper.
Im starting on the Nelson in around 6 weeks time.
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Mertin
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quote: Originally posted by Colin
Not lookin good for him Mertin!
Do they know what happened yet, ive only seen a small bit about it in a paper.
Im starting on the Nelson in around 6 weeks time.
Not sure what happened. Had 6 Grampian Police out to the platform yesterday and we all got interviewed at the heliport when we got off
They found the body now using an ROV. Still dont know for sure what happened
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paul.mitchell1984
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Registered: 31st Aug 06
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bloody hell still not good, lass at work wont be happy her chap works on the scottish rigs she moaned alot when the last 2 helicopters went down.
not looking good but hope hes found
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