Published: May 25, 2007
A NORTH Sea oil company were fined pounds 110,000 yesterday for safety breaches that led to a worker’s death on a drilling ship.
Derrick Love, 34, of Invergowrie, near Dundee, was hit by tool-string assembly equipment.
The deck operator was on MSV Seawell, which is owned by Cal Dive International and was carrying out work for Shell, on February 20 last year.
Aberdeen firm Well Ops (UK), formerly Cal Dive International, admitted failing to control the lowering and lifting of the mandrel and toolstring assembly.
Well Ops (UK) were prosecuted at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
Last night, Health and Safety Executive principal inspector Ken Staples said: “This case highlighted the importance of companies with duties under the law to ensure robust management systems to identify hazards associated with lifting operations.”
This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.
EBOOK TITLE: “SIR HENRI DETERDING AND THE NAZI HISTORY OF ROYAL DUTCH SHELL” – AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
EBOOK TITLE: “JOHN DONOVAN, SHELL’S NIGHTMARE: MY EPIC FEUD WITH THE UNSCRUPULOUS OIL GIANT ROYAL DUTCH SHELL” – AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.
EBOOK TITLE: “TOXIC FACTS ABOUT SHELL REMOVED FROM WIKIPEDIA: HOW SHELL BECAME THE MOST HATED BRAND IN THE WORLD” – AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.
