An offshore worker was yesterday airlifted to hospital from a North Sea oil platform after being hit by a falling pipe.

The 57-year-old is believed to have suffered head injuries and suspected fractured ribs in the incident on the Murchison platform.

He was airlifted to Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick from the facility near Shetland at around 1pm on Sunday.

A spokesman for Shetland Coastguard said: “We were alerted at about 8am and responded accordingly. 

“The platform’s medic made an assessment of his condition and they consulted with a shore-side doctor who agreed he needed to be medevaced.

“The coastguard helicopter scrambled from Sumburgh and he was taken to Lerwick.”

The man's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

The CNR International owned and operated Murchison field is located in the Northern North Sea Block 211/19, north of Aberdeen in the East Shetland Basin. 

The Murchison platform was installed in 1980 and ceased production in March 2014. The platform is now slated for removal and disposal by Heerema and AF consortium. The decommissioning activities at the Murchison platform started in Q4/13 and the company estimates the decommissioning efforts will continue for approximately 5 years.

Source: www.stv.tv

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