Families Await Answers Following Oil Rig Explosion off Louisiana Coast
The Coast Guard has called off its search for 11 oil rig workers missing after the explosion of Deep Water Horizon last Tuesday.


May 25, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Families Await Answers Following Oil Rig Explosion off Louisiana Coast

The Coast Guard has called off its search for 11 oil rig workers missing after the explosion of Deep Water Horizon last Tuesday. Assumed dead, the 11 missing workers join 17 other victims injured in the accident four of whom remain in critical condition.

The terrifying oil rig explosion, which occurred off the Louisiana coast, has reinvigorated calls for safer mining practices and better safety precautions on big ocean mining rigs. Louisiana oil rig explosion attorneys like those at the Bohrer Law Firm have heard such calls for action before. Yet these accidents still happen, and far too often.

"The question isn't whether action should be taken on the issue of dangerous oil rigs," said Attorney Philip Bohrer, founder of The Bohrer Law Firm. "The question is whether any significant steps will actually be taken and, if so, will they address the real issues behind this sort of oil rig accident"

According to a review released last year by the Minerals Management Service (MMS), there were more than 1,400 accidents aboard oil rigs. These accidents resulted in 41 deaths and 300 injuries, some severe.

The federal agency was already pushing forward new legislation designed to make oil rigs safer when the Deep Water Horizon exploded. Unlike most legislative proposals, however, the new rules proposed by the MMS would place greater emphasis on preventing human error on oil rigs.

It isn't known yet what caused Tuesday's oil rig explosion off Louisiana's coast, but even if human error was to blame, drilling companies won't be completely off the hook.

"These 11 families deserve to know why their husbands, fathers and brothers didn't make it home," said Bohrer.

British Petroleum (BP), the company leasing Deep Water Horizon, currently has its hands full battling the spread of oil in the water around the sunken rig. While it is not yet a full-blown disaster, environmentalists are watching the situation closely. If not contained, the spilled oil could have big implications for those making a living on the Louisiana coast.

In the end, the toll could be even higher.

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