Report Shows Rules were Violated and Caused Death
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A recently released report concerning an accident at a Texas-based company reveals that a deadly 2012 explosion off the Louisiana coast was caused by subcontracted workers who used unsafe welding practices on the site. Three workers died in the accident last year.
The report states that Grand Isle Shipyard Inc. was under contract for construction work being done on the oil platform when the blast happened on November 16, 2012. This was in spite of Grand Isle agreeing not to use subcontractors on Black Elk projects.
Wednesday’s report was conducted by ABSG Consulting for Black Elk Energy. The report comes on the same day that two workers who were injured in the blast on the platform filed a federal suit against Black Elk.
According to the federal Bureau of Labor statistics, in 2012 there were 4.383 workplace fatalities for an average of nearly 13 deaths per day. The largest percentage of those deaths happened to workers in such positions as construction and industrial plant jobs.
Even when a company and their employees or even subcontractors are careful to take every precaution possible to prevent an accident, they do happen. Everyone deserves a safe place to work.
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