Fire in the PCH-1 unit was controlled; Workers were referred to receive medical care in Macaé
Petrobras reported that 13 workers were injured after the fire on the PCH-1 platform (Cherne 1) in the Campos Basin, about 130 kilometers from the coast of Macaé, in Rio de Janeiro.
With this, the number of injured reaches 14. Earlier, the company had informed that a employee company and was conscious. The employee fell into the sea during the accident.
“The worker rescued at sea is in hospital care, conscious and stable. 13 other workers who provide service to the company have been classified as injured and are also receiving care in a hospital in the region.”says Petrobras in a note.
According to the state-owned company, since 2020, the PCH-1 platform (Cherne 1) does not produce oil.
According to the general coordinator of the North Fluminense Petrolers Union (Sindipetro-NF) and director of FUP (Single Petrolers Federation), Sergio Borges Cordeiro, 176 workers were on the platform.
“Gas flow was interrupted, the platform’s communications fell and emergency vessels were fired. Sindipetro-NF follows the case and charges urgent measures”wrote lamb on social networks.
Petrobras reported that the other people on the platform are well and that “A commission will be formed to investigate the causes of the incident”.
Accidents in 2024
According to the ANP (National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels), the exploration and oil production activities in the country last year.
According to the data, 183 people were injured, 78 with gravity, and a death was recorded.
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