Oil companies fined £1.2m over rig worker's death
Published Date:
10 October 2008
TWO offshore companies have been fined a total of £1.2m after admitting safety breaches which led to the death of an oil worker.
Matthew Grey, from the town, was killed in January last year when he was struck by a metal clamp during a pipe-cutting operation 70 miles north east of Aberdeen, on the vessel Bleo Holm.
Colleague Norman Jackson, from North Shields, was flown to hospital with arm injuries.
Talisman Energy UK and contractors Aker Kvaerner Offshore Partner Ltd, for whom the men worked, were fined £600,000 each at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
The full article contains 105 words and appears in Shields Gazette newspaper.
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Last Updated:
10 October 2008 11:51 AM
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Source:
Shields Gazette
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Location:
South Shields
