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Rig welder to receive $5m in compensation for injuries in tank explosion

John Boy Koat, a rig welder who was injured when a tank exploded on the meanwhile scrapped 'Patrosaudi Discoverer' on Oct 3, 2013, which was at that time owned by the PetroSaudi Oil Services (Venezuela) Ltd., will receive over $5 million in compensation. The million-dollar payout which was assessed by High Court Master Martha Alexander. She ordered the Petrosaudi Oil Services Ltd. to compensate Koat in the sum of $4,839,326 plus interest and $234,492.20 in costs. Koat was performing pressure tests on the 'PetroSaudi Discoverer', which, at the time, was anchored off the coast of Chaguaramas, when a tank exploded. In 2019, Koat accepted he was “contributorily negligent” and he was found to be 20 per cent liable for his injuries while the company was found to be 80 per cent liable. Koat was on the Discoverer to pressure test a stainless steel boiler water tank to repair leaks. The previous day, he sealed the leak by welding, and when he returned to do another pressure test, the tank exploded. He was left with pain in the lower back, gluteal area, hip, shoulder, neck and lumbar spine, thigh, swelling, headaches, scaring of the thigh, wasted inferior left calf, and an irregular shape quadriceps. His injuries and their effects were confirmed by the medical evidence of the doctors and were accepted by Alexander who found their testimony to be “generally unimpeachable.” While Koat did not suffer fractures, he did suffer myelitis (a disorder caused by inflammation of the spinal cord) which manifested as numbness and tingling sensations as well as neuralgia (pain in a nerve pathway) and traumatic neurosis. Under the heading special damages, Alexander held Koat was able to prove his claim for loss of earnings and future earnings as a rig welder.

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