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Fire on Board Louisiana Flotel Housing BP Cleanup Workers
Sunday, July 25th, 2010
A small fire broke out on a flotel on Baptiste Collette Bayou in Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana. The fire broke out in the mess of the flotel, and at least five workers suffered minor injuries. Most of the injuries were related to smoke inhalation. It's not clear yet whether the workers who were injured, were employees of BP, or the contractors in the oil cleanup efforts.
Meanwhile, fishermen who had been brought in to help with cleanup efforts have been protesting their move into the flotels. According to them, when they signed up for the job, the agreement...
Further Damning Testimony: Deepwater Horizon Had History of Maintenance Problems
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Every day, maritime lawyers gain more and more evidence that the maintenance record on the Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible was atrocious. According to the Los Angeles Times, in the days and weeks before the rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico killing 11 workers, there were several operational problems. There were at least a couple of partial blackouts and a problem with freezing computers. More appallingly, there was a long backlog of overdue maintenance, actually accumulating into thousands of hours of overdue checks.
Those facts came out at a federal hearing in Louisiana, conducted by the Coast...
