SPOTLIGHT
PERENCO CONFIRM DEATH OF
NORTH SEA WORKER
Police are investigating the death
of a worker following an industrial
incident on a gas platform off the
coast of Norfolk. The deceased has
been identified as Tyron Jones.
O
il and gas firm Perenco confirmed a man was fatally
injured on Monday 5 December.
The company was unable to give details of what
happened but said nobody else was hurt. The platform has
been closed and gas supplies halted while an investigation
is carried out.
Norfolk police said the worker had been airlifted to
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, where he later
passed away.
A spokesman said: “Perenco can confirm that a man
has died after an incident on board the Perenco 23A gas
platform in the southern North Sea.
“The platform, 70 miles off the coast of Norfolk, has
been shut down and gas supplies halted.
LACK OF SLEEP COSTING
UK ECONOMY UP TO
£40 BILLION A YEAR
• Lower productivity levels and the higher risk of mortality
resulting from sleep deprivation have a significant effect
on a nation’s economy.
A lack of sleep among U.K. workers
is costing the economy up to £40
billion a year, which is 1.86 per
cent of the country’s GDP.
• Increasing nightly sleep from under six hours to between
six and seven hours could add £24 billion to the UK
economy.
A
ccording to researchers at the not-for-profit
research organisation RAND Europe, sleep
deprivation leads to a higher mortality risk and
lower productivity levels among the workforce, which, when
combined, has a significant impact on a nation’s economy.
A person who sleeps on average less than six hours a
night has a 13 per cent higher mortality risk than someone
sleeping between seven and nine hours, researchers found,
while those sleeping between six and sev