Narrow miss at ExxonMobil-linked offshore platform in Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore petroleum regulator says nobody was injured in a potentially deadly accident on the deck of the Hibernia Platform last month.

The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board says that on July 25, a 1.8-kilogram piece of timber dropped 15 metres onto the deck as a chemical tank was being lifted from the platform to a support vessel via a crane.