Health and Safety Executive

Offshore worker missing

Emergency search / rescue underway.

29 April 2009 - Body found near Beryl Alpha offshore platform

At approximately 3:00am on Tuesday 28 April 2009, HSE was informed that a male worker at the Beryl Alpha offshore platform had been reported missing.

A body has now been found, but it is yet to be identified. The cause of the incident is not yet known.

HSE is monitoring the situation closely.

28 April 2009 - Offshore worker missing

At 3am on Tuesday 28 April 2009, HSE was informed that a male worker at the Beryl Alpha offshore platform had been reported as missing. A full scale emergency search and rescue response with police and the other emergency services is currently underway. HSE is liaising closely with ExxonMobil and the emergency services.


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Updated 29.10.10