Veracruz, Mexico Oilman Falls from Platform and Dies

Reymundo Martínez Tirado made a bad maneuver and fell into the sea at a height of around 15 meters.

A citizen of Agua Dulce, Veracruz loses his life when he was working on the maritime platform called “Nohoch-Alfa” in the Sonda de Campeche on Monday, November 6.

Information provided by the authorities of the City of Campeche indicate that the worker who in life responded to the name of Reymundo Martínez Tirado, had his home in the street Emiliano Zapata was performing in the work area, but due to a miscalculated maneuver fell to the sea of a height around 15 meters.

His companions who saw the moment of the accident threw themselves into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, to try to rescue him but they could not do anything because he had already died.

The body was rescued by security personnel of the platform and awaiting the staff of the Prosecutor’s Office and ministerial agents, who after carrying out the corresponding proceedings were transferred to the City of Carmen, Campeche to practice the necropsy of the law.

Martínez Tirado was a temporary worker and belonged to section 47 of the Oil Workers Union of the Mexican Republic, and at the time of his death was 52 years old.

Relatives wait for the mortal remains of the oil tanker since it was anticipated that it would arrive at noon this Wednesday to watch over it and give it a Christian burial.

Source: Maritime Hearld