US Oofficials probe death of worker on Apache platform

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U.S. offshore-drilling regulators are investigating the death of a worker who died Wednesday aboard a natural-gas production platform owned by Apache Corp. (APA).

The worker fell into the water as he was moving from a boat to the platform, located about 150 miles south of Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. officials said in a statement.

Crew members were able to get the worker out of the water and on to the platform, but he became unresponsive shortly afterward and was subsequently pronounced dead, officials said.

The incident occurred around 7:45 a.m. CST.

The worker wasn’t an employee of Apache. He worked for a maintenance company Apache had hired to do maintenance on the platform, Apache spokesman Bill Mintz said. The worker was wearing a personal flotation device, he said.

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