LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A man has died after an incidenton a North Sea oil platform owned by BP Plc, the companysaid on Thursday.
"BP is deeply saddened to confirm that an offshore workerhas died following an incident on the Unity platform," BP saidin a statement. It did not name the man but said the man'simmediate family had been informed.
The Edinburgh-based Scotsman newspaper website said it wasunderstood the death had resulted from a fall.
BP's safety record on its oil rigs has been under heightenedscrutiny since the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
The offshore worker was an employee of British energyservices firm Cape Plc. The Unity platform does notproduce any oil but is part of the BP-operated Forties PipelineSystem (FPS), which brings oil to shore in Scotland.
The incident happened between 0300 GMT and 0330 GMT, Capespokeswoman Zoe Ogilvie said.
"The deceased was part of a Cape team carrying out routinemaintenance onboard BP's Unity platform," Ogilvie said. "Ourthoughts go out to his family, to whom we will be offering everysupport."
Both BP and Cape said they would work with Police Scotlandand the Health and Safety Executive on a full investigation. (Reporting by David Sheppard in London; Editing by Mark Potter)
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