News / Sullom Voe contractor hospitalised
OIL company BP are carrying out an investigation after a contractor was injured while decommissioning old plant at Sullom Voe oil terminal in Shetland on Friday morning.
The man was rushed to Gilbert Bain Hospital suffering from burns after a small fire broke out while the man was working with a mobile nitrogen generator purging redundant equipment at the plant.
The incident happened at 6am when a team of contractors employed by Weatherfords were working at the chilldown area of the terminal.
A BP spokeswoman said no one else was injured and the fire was immediately contained and extinguished.
She said that the nitrogen generator was located in “a safe area remote from the main operations of the terminal” and that all the relevant authorities had been informed.
The burns victim was described as being in a stable condition and his condition is not believed to be serious.
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