NTSB: Communications Outage a Factor in Lift Boat Disaster October 20, 2022 By Kevin McGill NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An outage involving a Coast Guard marine warning system and “data gaps” in radar systems were...
Feds: Worker Who Fell 50 Feet Didn’t Use Lifeline January 24, 2022 NEW ORLEANS (AP)–A worker on a crew replacing corroded grating on an oil platform wasn’t wearing his safety lifeline when...
5th Circuit: Oil Platform Worker’s Longshore Act Claim Barred by Exclusive Remedy November 13, 2020 Exclusive remedy bars a lawsuit filed by a mechanic against the owner of an offshore oil platform where he worked,...