One dead, one injured by poisoning

One crew member has died and one was seriously injured after a work accident aboard the 'Key Fighter' off Stadlandet on Sep 1, 2018, at 5.30 a.m. A rescue helicopter was on site half an hour later. Two unconscious crew members who were in the process of carrying out work in a chemical tank aboard the ship were found. Their colleagues had lifted them out of the tank. They were taken with the rescue helicopter to the hospital in Ålesund, where one of them was then declared dead. Both had been exposed to the toxic gas hydrogen sulphide, also known as hydrogen sulphide. The ship berthed in Måløy, Sogn og Fjordane County, at 7 a.m. where the police conducted investigations and interrogated the crew. The tanker was released at 6.15 p.m. and left the port bound to Erith, ETA Sep 3. Norwegian report with photo: https://www.vasabladet.fi...