The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has released its Investigative Report on the crane incident that occurred involving a vessel moored to the Eugene Island 252-I platform on January 16, 2020. The platform is operated by Arena Offshore LLC. The...
Month: July 2020
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed After Accident on Cargo Ship
Spagnoletti Law Firm recently filed suit on behalf of the widow of a vessel crew member who was injured and eventually lost his life after an incident on the PACIFIC PEARL, an open hatch cargo ship. The worker sustained injuries while performing work inside a gantry...
Worker Monitoring On Offshore Oil Rigs
Americans have long had an unhealthy cultural attitude about sleep, equating it with laziness or being willing to forego sleep in the name of productivity. But research in recent years has clearly proven what many of us have observed throughout our lifetimes: that...
Lawsuit Filed for Platform Worker Injured in Swing Rope Transfer
Spagnoletti Law Firm recently filed suit on behalf of an offshore platform worker who was severely injured during a December 2018 swing rope transfer. At the time of the violent accident, the Plaintiff was performing a swing transfer from an offshore oil platform in...
Houston channel expansion project could mean safer passage
Collisions between vessels and other maritime accidents often lead to extensive property damage for the shipping industry as well as serious injuries for workers. One way to reduce the risk of accidents and vessel collisions is to improve route efficiency and reduce...