The accident occurred this Friday during diving activities for subsea pre-salt pipeline installations

Petrobras informs that a worker from the company Fugro died yesterday (3) due to an accident during diving operations to install pipes on the seabed in the Santos Basin, where the state-owned company operates the most important pre-salt fields in the world. country. Petrobras adds that shortly after the accident, Athayde dos Santos Filho, 57, received first aid on site, but ended up not resisting the injuries.

Note from Petrobras

“The family has already been notified and is receiving support from the company Fugro and Petrobras. The company has already notified the regulatory bodies and will set up an investigation commission to determine the causes of the accident,” said Petrobras, in an official note.

The last recent accidents that resulted in death were on the NS-32 rig with 3 deaths in 2017 and on the FPSO Cidade São Mateus, with three dead, ten injured and six missing. In the maritime support branch, a deck sailor, employee of the Bravante company also falls into the sea and to this day, his body has not been found.