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BP P.L.C.

Unsafe Working Environment (Gulf of Mexico)

Date: 10/25/2006 (Date of Penalty)

Misconduct Type: Labor

Enforcement Agency: Interior

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Administrative

Amount: $25,000

Disposition: Fine

Synopsis: BP America Production Company was assessed a $25,000 penalty by the Offshore Minerals Management on October 25, 2006 because “operations were not performed in a safe and workmanlike manner. While making an assessment of the unsafe conditions on the platform that needed repairing, the construction crew did not barricade a 3'4" x 3'4" opening in the stairway landing. Later, one of the crew members was injured when he fell through the open hole approximately 20' and into the Gulf of Mexico.”