Covid: Offshore worker's death to be focus of inquiry
The Covid death of a North Sea offshore worker is to be the focus of a fatal accident inquiry (FAI), it has been announced.Donald Singer, 66, from Aberdeen, was a crane operator working on the Ninian Southern platform. He was airlifted by helicopter on 3 April 2020 with deteriorating Covid symptoms, and died a month later on 4 May at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said it would be the first discretionary inquiry into a Covid death. There have been two mandatory FAI completed into the deaths of four men from Covid in custody, and a further five inquiries are ongoing into the deaths of eight men.
