Louisiana welder killed in fall from offshore oil rig platform in Gulf of Mexico
Galveston County Daily News reported that a Louisiana welder was killed when he fell from an offshore oil rig platform where he was working in the Gulf of Mexico. Church Point, Louisiana welder Thomas Broussard was killed Monday morning when he fell 100-feet from an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, four miles south of Galveston island.
At the time the story was published, OSHA was not yet investigating the fatal offshore accident because they had not yet received an official report of the worker's death. Broussard worked for worked for Frank’s Casing Crew and Rental Tools, an engineering services company based in Louisiana.
At the time the story was published, OSHA was not yet investigating the fatal offshore accident because they had not yet received an official report of the worker's death. Broussard worked for worked for Frank’s Casing Crew and Rental Tools, an engineering services company based in Louisiana.
