2 dead in new Mexico oil rig accident

At least two workers died and 10 were injured Tuesday when an oil maintenance platform tilted over the sea off Mexico's east coast, forcing the evacuation of 101 employees.

Typhoon Offshore, a company of Mexico's Salinas Group in association with Germany's Harren & Partner, said in a statement that the accident occurred when one of the jackup rig's legs "collapsed."

Mexico's state-run Pemex energy company said three of its employees and 98 Typhoon workers were evacuated during the incident in the Campeche Sound area of the Gulf of Mexico.

The accident left two workers dead and 10 injured, Typhoon said. Pemex said oil production was not affected.

The platform was positioning itself to conduct maintenance work for the wells of a Pemex rig when it began to lean. A jackup rig has movable legs that can raise its hull over the sea.

In another incident in the same area last month, a Pemex rig caught fire on the Sound of Campeche, killing four workers and leaving three missing.

Typhoon's website says Troll Solution flies the flag of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu and was built in 2010. It has three movable legs, a crane and a helipad.