Man falls to death from North Sea platform

[bluejock]

62 year old man fell from the Harding Platform, 200 miles north east of Aberdeen. Airlifted to hospital but later died.

Horrible way to go, his last moments must have been sheer terror.

RIP fella.

 

[ijjysmith]

Makes me want to tell you go extra careful when you're out on one mate.

RIP to this fella.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

You've worked on rigs haven't you Jock? How easy/hard is it to fall off of one?

 

[bluejock]

You've worked on rigs haven't you Jock? How easy/hard is it to fall off of one?

Depends what he was doing at the time like, there's no further details as yet.

Just walking round outside, very unlikely. If he was doing over the side work, there should be enough safety procedures in place to keep him safe. Harness, fall arrestor, barriers round the work site etc.. Then again, it could be structural failure, it's a fairly old platform.

Extremely dangerous industry to work in. Most of the health and safety regulations that people moan about in their air conditioned office were developed and honed in the offshore industry, and they were developed as a response to something happening. Far too easy to take it for granted.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Depends what he was doing at the time like, there's no further details as yet.

Just walking round outside, very unlikely. If he was doing over the side work, there should be enough safety procedures in place to keep him safe. Harness, fall arrestor, barriers round the work site etc.. Then again, it could be structural failure, it's a fairly old platform.

Extremely dangerous industry to work in. Most of the health and safety regulations that people moan about in their air conditioned office were developed and honed in the offshore industry, and they were developed as a response to something happening. Far too easy to take it for granted.

Aye, my hat goes off to anyone working out there. A harsh environment and no mistake. Again, this isn't from any kind of experience or knowledge, but I'd always imagined rig work to be a young blokes game. Is it normal to have a 61 year old out there?

 

[bluejock]

Aye, my hat goes off to anyone working out there. A harsh environment and no mistake. Again, this isn't from any kind of experience or knowledge, but I'd always imagined rig work to be a young blokes game. Is it normal to have a 61 year old out there?

Oh God aye, there's thousands of blokes out here in their 50's and 60's. They get used to the life and just can't ever give it up. I did a job on a rig off the coast of Nigeria and the American welder on there was 72. Fit as a flea an all.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Ah fair enough. Good on them like.

 

[WA Toffee]

62 year old man fell from the Harding Platform, 200 miles north east of Aberdeen. Airlifted to hospital but later died.

Horrible way to go, his last moments must have been sheer terror.

RIP fella.

Western Australia - if you fall off a rig, a shark is going to eat you within 10 seconds. Loads of them swimming around underneath

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Western Australia - if you fall off a rig, a shark is going to eat you within 10 seconds. Loads of them swimming around underneath

Bloody heck. Is that true?

 

[ijjysmith]

Western Australia - if you fall off a rig, a shark is going to eat you within 10 seconds. Loads of them swimming around underneath

We're gonna need a bigger boat/rig.

 

[tommye]

deepest sympathies to his family.



stay safe Jockles.x

 

[peteblue]

Terrible shame. It must have been awful for the guys that had to recover the body..........

 

[Dylan]

Depends what he was doing at the time like, there's no further details as yet.

Just walking round outside, very unlikely. If he was doing over the side work, there should be enough safety procedures in place to keep him safe. Harness, fall arrestor, barriers round the work site etc.. Then again, it could be structural failure, it's a fairly old platform.

Extremely dangerous industry to work in. Most of the health and safety regulations that people moan about in their air conditioned office were developed and honed in the offshore industry, and they were developed as a response to something happening. Far too easy to take it for granted.

Sad fact is the rules are written in blood.

 

[degsy]

Aye, my hat goes off to anyone working out there. A harsh environment and no mistake. Again, this isn't from any kind of experience or knowledge, but I'd always imagined rig work to be a young blokes game. Is it normal to have a 61 year old out there?

keep yourself fit and, for some trades, a proper old style apprenticship ( 5yrs ) + the resulting skills, experience(s) many not taught anymore, trump the youngsters 'no fail, keep trying 'till you get a minimum pass mark or your course work gives you the extra points you need to pass ' module based training.

Throw in an old-style work ethic Vs modern 'it's all about me' gen x or y-ers

Game set and match to the arl fella

 

[bluejock]

Terrible shame. It must have been awful for the guys that had to recover the body..........

Good mate of mine is an ROV pilot, he's had to do a few "recoveries" now, says it's horrible trying to secure them with the ROV. Obviously they do it by camera and he says when you see the guy's face looking right at you, it really [Poor language removed] you up.