An apprentice deckhand has been awarded almost £43,000 in damages after he was crushed between two boats.
Paul Wilson suffered broken ribs and developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following the incident.
He raised a claim against North Star Shipping (Aberdeen) at the Court of Session.
Mr Wilson was working on offshore standby vessel Grampian Conqueror when he was hurt in 2009.
The boat was stationed off oil platform Sedco 7/11, about 118 miles off Peterhead, at the time.
Mr Wilson, of Fife, got into difficulty after the rig requested an oil sample from nearby waters amid concerns of a leak.
The sample was to be taken by crew on the Grampian Conqueror’s daughter boat, to which Mr Wilson was dispatched.
However, the sample kits were not on board and a manouevre was launched to pass the equipment in a black bag from the Grampian Conqueror to the smaller vessel.
The court judgement said: “While the two vessels were travelling alongside one another, they came together crushing the pursuer who was standing on the port side of the daughter craft on a sponson.”
Mr Wilson took six months off work after suffering from five fractured ribs and a fractured clavicle in the accident.
He also suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for around three years, according to his consultant psychiatrist.
Lord Bannatyne, in his ruling, said Mr Wilson had shown a “lack of judgement” over the way he had positioned himself but the risk had been “clearly avoidable.”
He said: “Clearly the actings of the pursuer in entering a pinch point show inattention, a lack of care and a lack of prudence.
“The defenders, however, had to have this sort of behaviour in mind when assessing risk.
“There was clearly a risk of a member of the daughter craft crew acting in the way which the pursuer did.”
He argued the risk could have been avoided by storing sample kits on the daughter craft, as is now the case.
Lord Bannatyne laid 60% of the blame on the shipping company and 40% on Mr Wilson, who had originally claimed for more than £126,000.
Callum Bruce, managing director of North Star Shipping, said last night: “The safety and well-being of every member of our crew are absolutely paramount to our business and this was a very rare and extremely unfortunate incident.”