Moffat, 41, died on 9 October 2000 in horrific circumstances during so-called manriding operations on the rig while he was attached to a winch in order to fix a leak in a hydraulic hose above a deck but below the drillfloor.
Sheriff Kieran McLernan in his final determination on the case laid the blame for the accident at the door of senior GlobalSantaFe management for a significant lack of proper supervision of those delegated to supervise on the rig.
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