ExxonMobil Canada has reported a potentially fatal incident that occurred on Wednesday, June 24, on the Hebron Platform.
A news release by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) states that a container bumped a temporary handrail and a piece of the handrail — which weighed approximately nine kilograms — fell approximately 20 metres and landed on the intervention deck below.
There were no injuries and no personnel were in the area.
The incident had the potential for fatality, based on the Dropped Objects Prevention Scheme (DROPS) calculator.
ExxonMobil stopped all crane operations, installed hard barriers at the handrail location and has initiated an investigation into the root cause of the incident.
The C-NLOPB is monitoring ExxonMobil’s investigation of the incident.
