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Worker falls to death from Mobile Bay platform
(5/24/2004 - OGI: Houston) A worker on a production platform in Mobile Block
113 offshore Alabama in Mobile Bay fell to his death yesterday while
installing equipment. The man, whose identity is being withheld until his
family is notified, fell through the floor grating, according to Petty
Officer John Lolley, with the US Coast Guard, which is investigating the
accident.
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The incident occurred about five miles south of Dauphin Island in the US
Gulf of Mexico's Mobile Bay region. The worker's body was recovered from the
water beneath the platform and taken to Dauphin Island shortly after
12:30pm.
The Coast Guard Marine Safety Office in Mobile, which is conducting the
investigation into the death, said it appeared to have been caused by the
impact from the fall.
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