Sucked Through a Tiny Hole - Byford Dolphin Incident

On November 5, 1983, the Byford Dolphin incident shocked the offshore drilling industry. Five men tragically lost their lives when a sudden pressure shift from 9 atmospheres to 1 atmosphere occurred in the pressurized chambers on the rig's surface. This catastrophic decompression accident highlighted critical safety shortcomings and stimulated advancements in diving protocols and technology.
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[@Storified1]

Thank you all for the kind words! I truly appreciate each and every one of you for being here! However, as some of you have already mentioned in the comments, I want to address some points that have been brought up regarding certain incorrect facts mentioned in this video. Upon further review, I've realized that there were inaccuracies in certain segments, and I want to sincerely apologize for any confusion this may have caused. In particular: - At 2:39 the measurement systems got mixed up during production. "14.6 LBS force per square METER" is mentioned which should have been "per square INCH" - The only body that was left unrecognizable was of Truls Hellevik, because he was the only one that was sucked through the small crescent shaped opening. the bodies of the other divers were mostly intact externally since most of the damage was done internally. It is very important to me that all content on this channel is thoroughly researched and fact-checked, and I'm committed to ensuring the highest level of accuracy.

[@ryant115]

You can go ahead and just rock me to sleep tonight after sharing this. Yeah, yeah, I know I chose to watch it, and I'd watch it again, but gezz that's a hella way to go.

[@Wesselkous]

ah no problem bro. Good vids very very good.

[@RWBHere]

2:37 That should be 14.6 pounds per square inch*, not per square metre.

[@dangoesfast]

@@RWBHere I'm guessing that's why the pinned comment says "- At 2:39 the measurement systems got mixed up during production. "14.6 LBS force per square METER" is mentioned which should have been "per square INCH""

[@koharumi1]

As part of international audience please include metric measurements for each imperial version. Such as some text onscreen. It will also help increase your audience.

[@crunchyapples596]

Lessons from KZbin: 1. Never go diving. 2. Never go caving.

[@Boxy071]

Lmfao!! Soooo true!! Haha!!

[@bobbycigarillo]

3. Never go cave diving

[@mich5924]

If that's your full list, you obviously haven't been watching any GunTube. I can think of at least two men who nearly died on camera operating dangerous devices I didn't know were legal for private ownership.

[@basic5926]

@@mich5924 Firearms are generally safe as long as you are operating them properly and are using the right ammo. For example, Kentucky Ballistics nearly died because he was using counterfeit ammo that produced way too much pressure, but if he'd been using regular .50 BMG he'd have been fine. I understand that guns and gun-usage are scary topics that make people nervous, but calling the gun itself dangerous is just silly. It's no more of a "dangerous device" than a car, lawnmower or grill and I doubt you'd even bat an eye at any of those things.

[@bunnyfan9960]

Those are good lessons!

[@R_Karri]

18 hours of work and 3 hours sleep? That sounds like the plot of a horror movie.

[@vernonsmith6176]

Remember what narrator said they were paid 34 to 45 thousand dollars PER month!, for the hard work. Sorry, not for me, you can have it.

[@TheOfficialRandomGuy]

@@vernonsmith6176exactly. I wouldn’t trade my health for more money.

[@iscander_s]

@@vernonsmith6176 No matter how many they pay, this is inhuman working conditions and should NOT be allowed

[@runasth]

I will put both my physical and mental health above any pay wage. Not amount of work is worth putting my safety and well-being, let alone my life, at risk.

[@Chroogomphus]

buckle up buttercup

[@roycalyptus2474]

Working for 12 or 18 hours straight is like the ideal environment for mistakes like this to happen

[@roycalyptus2474]

@@SaschaWiedmann-qu5sz Kennen sie luut schmain?

[@ChicagoMel23]

What they said is facts and not dumb

[@indiomoustafa2047]

Especially with no saftey lock or something. I cant believe the rigs design would even allow you to kill an entire crew with such a simple mistake. Its like having a self destruct button at waist level with no glass covering it, someone WILL bump it by mistake. Someone will have a lapse in judgement eventually and thats why redundant saftey protocol is necessary. Maybe theres a reason no such fearure could exist, I would sure like to know.

[@indiomoustafa2047]

​@@ChicagoMel23Who said it was dumb and not facts?

[@srJaime98]

@@roycalyptus2474I don’t speak ww2

[@GeneHaas0]

Making between $360k and $540k a year in 1983 is crazy.

[@ralphangel561]

Only for very few people who would do such a highly dangerous job

[@someonesomewhere8658]

And feminists will continue to complain about a 'wage gap' when not a single one of them would do this kind of work

[@ngrrplz]

$360,000 in 1983 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $1,135,189.16 today, an increase of $775,189.16 over 41 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.84% per year between 1983 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 215.33%. $540k adjusted for inflation today would be around $1,703,358.43… thats wild. 😮

[@daedalushammer8641]

they dont do it year round lol

[@bax2603]

Only ones enjoying it is family 😢

[@tasha3757]

Having your workers work up to 18 hrs a day with only 3 hours of a sleep isolated for 28 days straight is a recipe for disaster in itself…

[@ronnie_5150]

I don't even think that's legal anymore.

[@godnyx117]

Who cares? Money! 🤑 They make the world, round!

[@ronnie_5150]

@@godnyx117 For some. But if I was offered 30 grand, but then told, "There is a chance, you could get sucked through the mail slot in the door." 😆

[@godnyx117]

@@ronnie_5150 For most, unfortunately. Look at people buying at Amazon (and big companies in general, they are all "evil") because it has slightly cheaper prices. Look at people consooming unnecessary stuff. Look at people having to work shitty jobs they hate, in order to support a stupid lifestyle. Anyway, I just woke up and I don't want to start ranting. But you get the point... The average person sucks hard...

[@SurelyYewJest]

Ya...but money.

[@drews5569]

The fact that both doors could be opened simultaneously - and that the only "safety mechanism" was communication between two guys opening the doors - blows my mind.

[@SidneyWells]

i mean, it blow their mind too.

[@eenpersoon2881]

It blew theirs too lmao

[@madcow8114]

Wow classy

[@spikenomoon]

It didn’t blow anything. It removed everything while turning it into Miniature Matted.

[@ifthenplay]

very 80’s-level ISO workplace standards.

[@Majorx93]

I have quit my job working in oil and gas technician, for reasons like this. From my experience, the management will always push us to do shortcuts and unsafe acts for KPI and to save money, and if an accident like this happens, they will %100 blame it on us for being unsafe🤷🏻‍♂️

[@extec101]

and in the byford case it took almost 30years for the familys to get compensation after the accident and a lengthy court case.

[@jackandrews1444]

Well sure,,,,how can they do wrong.......sitting at a desk they don't know shit

[@Portal2Fan1234]

Good thing i'm not planning on being interested in a job like this

[@june19th85]

I totally agree! Push for money and time

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

It should law to compel the big shareholders and bean counters to work for a week in the diving chamber before imposing such callous and unsafe work practices. That includes any work that become needlessly hazardous due to shortcuts and concerns for shareholder profits.

[@CuteLalafell]

Man, why do I watch these? I always feel horrible afterwards

[@megalol1344]

Same bro

[@TheRedRaven_]

Well it's a tragedy, you're human. Doesn't sound strange at all.

[@lovemadness9291]

What is lalafell

[@CuteLalafell]

@@lovemadness9291 A race in Final Fantasy. The character in my avatar.

[@Princess-us5so]

Exactly 💯. After so many of these videos and videos like this I start to feel depressed and paranoid. So that's enough for today I'm going to stop while I'm ahead lol. These videos are extremely sad but yet captivating at the same time.

[@ianbattles7290]

Being blinked out of existence in a nanosecond sounds like a pretty decent way to go, actually. No pain, no fear...you probably don't even realize that it happened.

[@exDivinityFPS]

Everyone's like "gruesome" and "horrible" and I'm over here like "Sign me up!"

[@nategreatgames78]

@@exDivinityFPS It will be for the ones who have to do recovery and clean up, and then for us who hear about it and ended up watching videos like this visualizing it.

[@exDivinityFPS]

@@nategreatgames78 Well maybe don't watch the videos and visualize it? If I'mma go, I'd rather it be instant. What happens after that is honestly not my concern at that point, lol

[@AsokaTw-mz3lr]

@@exDivinityFPS you sound like an incel.

[@TomAS-wm5mn]

possibly, but just the thought of it in claustrophobia, is disturbing

[@Jamesssssssssssssss]

No matter how much you pay someone, you cant expect them yo function without atleast 6 hours of sleep minium

[@Kyrelel]

*4 hours

[@tedfordsdrumworld910]

Wrong, see any Special Forces Operator or regular forces military service member during combat operations for that matter. You will get almost no sleep and be expected to function to standard.

[@DeletedUserAccount]

​@@tedfordsdrumworld910fair point but special forces are built different, a cut above the rest most people would die instantly and melt like a fat sack of shit in a microwave

[@tedfordsdrumworld910]

@ppp90977 the sleep part isn't that hard. The everything else part is hard (SF) but the average person can adapt to extreme conditions if they had too.

[@tedfordsdrumworld910]

But it still sucks!!

[@dirkdiggler2430]

Working for Super long hours for days will make you hear and see things. I wouldn't be surprised if the one that opened the chamber heard a voice telling him it was safe to open it, thinking it was one of his crew members.

[@godw1ll99]

this is 100% true, i know from personal experience. its fkn trippy.

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

what about that brit John something with a thick accent!he sailed the british canal for charity!he had been awake for serveral days!, when asked something from the camera boat, he laughed and said he was talking to a dolphin!

[@dirkdiggler2430]

@@johnbernhardtsen3008 lol

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

it was John Bishop!rowing the british canal!@@dirkdiggler2430

[@thefrener794]

Some people are put on this earth to thin the herd and you must identify them at all cost. Your life may depend on it.

[@fernie6299]

You could pay me a million dollars a month and I still wouldn’t take this job.

[@Fat12219]

😮

[@residentevil1901]

How about a million dollars and one CENT a month?

[@CooManTunes]

Fool.

[@alauriseflyn]

​@@residentevil1901 Now that's what I'm talkin' about!

[@FreeWilly24]

This job wouldn't be offered to you lol. These jobs are typically done by men.

[@tunod-]

''Have repeatedly performed the process and knew it by heart'' that's some words you dont wanna hear when doing crucial stuff like this. Being so good at something you dont even think about it no more is a recipe for disaster

[@EatinMonstersSince87]

Complacency

[@ighfee]

I work in mining in the north west of Australia, and that would have to be one of the truest statements I've ever read. We work with robots that are quite capable of taking your head off, and never ever do you take them for granted. Full isolation procedures every time before you enter the cell. Always test for dead. The minute you feel pushed for time and cut corners is the day you die.

[@maestro6492]

​@EatinMonstersSince87 More like autonomy. We're biologically engineered to make processes so.

[@unitedstatesdepartmentofsa7718]

100% true. Everyone's afraid of doing a dangerous job at first. That fear keeps you safe. Once you've done it a thousand times, you stop being scared of it. I almost cut my thumb off on a bandsaw for that reason.

[@ronnie_5150]

Very true. On so many jobs, the new guys are usually the ones that follow the rules to the letter. The guys that have been there a long time take shortcuts. Not always, but a lot of the time.

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

It took the gov 26 years - 26 years - to compensate these families. How appalling.

[@smugfrog8111]

The fact the families weren't charged with some bogus crime to cover their asses is what's truly shocking. That's just standard operating procedure these days.

[@smugfrog8111]

@@stinne5830 Because people think the government is their parent. In reality, it's just there to guarantee private contracts and organize the military. Nothing else is really suppose to be in it's purview.

[@smugfrog8111]

@@stinne5830 "I'm from Denmark and so this isn't really my view entirely either, as I really appreciate the relative equal rights to healthcare and social security that is provided here." Ahh, yeah.. That can't work here in the states. Scale alone makes it impossible without the degradation of our liberties, which are set in stone as absolute and FAR more important. America is built and was founded on the idea that without an absolutist form of liberty, there's nothing at all. No point to anything else what-so-ever. If you're not free to an unsafe degree; (Thomas Jefferson's "Dangerous freedom") You're a subject of the state with no middle ground to be had IMO. Might as well lay down and die because there's truly nothing else that matters. That's not even mentioning racial demographics which... Equally a factor but this comment will get removed if I state why. "However, I was just wondering why it isn't the company's responsibility to pay compensation, since it was their faulty or unsafe equipment, which I'm really just assuming." That's one of the few things I agree IS the purview of government. That falls into the "Guaranteeing contracts" category IMO. The company should be forced to compensate the families. To not would violate the NAP. "I'm wondering if the government OK'd the platform or something like that?" Ohh, no idea. I'd assume there was some sort of permitting process but I have no idea how that works. Was the rig in international waters? If so, that will change things. "Or if the blame is rather unfair and if so, why they didn't go for Dolphin Drilling instead." Well, that's an easy one. Oil companies are harder to fight in court than the state in most cases, so your chances of a payout are higher. That's my guess. That's not even mentioning racial demographics which also render any form of viable socialized medicine or health care impossible.

[@smugfrog8111]

@@stinne5830 " I won't comment much on our differing views of freedom as I'm sure my appreciation of law and order and staunch disbelief of free will would severely trigger any freedom-sworn American such as yourself. " Not really, it'd just make me sad that people can be happy as slaves. What you call "Law and order" we call governmental control. The only laws that need to exist are those that prevent victimization. So no gun laws, no drug laws, no licenses for basic activities such as driving, no stupid, bullshit laws designed to keep you in check and subdued. That's not liberty. "The one thing I will say, and maybe this is indeed because I've never had to worry about money or food, is that if a company was responsible for the death of my close relative, I'd go for them out of principle and vengeance. Perhaps they are just greedy and looking for a pay-out, which usually you would get out of the Norwegian government anyway. " This is my exact thought process on the matter. You see it all the time here in the states with the cops and the "youth" "I just can't understand how it's the money that matters." Ehh, dollar signs do crazy things to people. NGL.. I kinda get it. You where wronged, you want to be compensated somehow.

[@lmao-gq8xb]

​@@smugfrog8111 clearly this is not true because otherwise you should be living in hunter gatherer tribes. Any form of government is less freedom. The only reason you even believe this is because you have never experienced dangerous freedom. When roaming gangs start raping and pillaging you will quickly forget about your strong view on liberty and ask for the government to protevt you And no, your rifle is not gonna do jack shit when they show up with mad max tanks and whatnot

[@srJaime98]

Oil rig workers: you only have to work 5 months! They pay really good Also them: passes away before spending their hard earned money

[@midge6265]

This was my dream job when i was younger, im too old to do it now, but in these cases your current earnings go to your family/next of kin

[@boredyoutubeuser]

Any job that has me stranded at a location for a long period of job is a job I do not want. Really scary stuff.

[@mikes-wv3em]

$72 an hour by my estimate. 18 hrs a day for 31 days straight. $40000. id rather live.

[@Kunfucious577]

@@mikes-wv3emim sure you wouldn’t have been hired anyway.

[@dbzmagus]

​@@mikes-wv3emDamn, that's actually really shitty pay when you break it down.

[@williamjhunter5714]

I met one of these workers in the 1990s and he was around 32 and a multi millionare with lots of nice things. I asked him what he did and he told me, but he was forced into early retirement with his body ruined and had to wear diapers the rest of his life. That job is super high risk.

[@CosmicHase]

What was his name

[@e4m7g6]

I guess early decompression, *cough*, excuse me... 'RETIREMENT'... will suck the fecal matter right out of you.

[@BattleAxeRX]

Diapers?? Yikes

[@deanb949]

​@@CosmicHase Joe Biden obviously

[@CosmicHase]

@@deanb949 nah, his wife

[@krist6074]

"You go from biology to physics instantly" - Scott Manly.

[@andrewdoesyt7787]

Sounds like something he’d say.

[@domsquaaa4323]

.

[@nathanwilliams4005]

"That's what she said." -Michael Scott

[@TheTransporter007]

They went from biology to (literally) inside out.

[@taylorjensen2787]

​@@TheTransporter007that's the joke..

[@mikehenry4743]

Man, they have safety locks on simple pressure cookers that won't let you open the lid until pressure is reduced. Why wasn't there some kind of similar safety on a high tech system like this.

[@Kunfucious577]

Some of it was ignorance. The industry was too new to think of every risk. They can’t have a solution to risks they don’t know. A lot of it was because safety wasn’t really that important. Look at everything before the 80s and it was similar. Some examples include F1 racing, optional seatbelts and motorcycle helmets, Ford Pinto, led in gasoline, X-rays, etc.

[@Guigui_82]

​@@Kunfucious577It reminds me that F1 pit stop guys didn't wear helmets until one of them got killed by a flying wheel. I think it was in the 90's. Also, no seat bells at all in cars seems insane nowadays. It always triggers me when I see that in old movies. As a kid from the 80's, I lived the time when seat belts were not mandatory in the back seats. Once, I got thrown from my seat onto the the car floor, unharmed, but still a bit shocked. Another time, my sister got thrown frontward and her head hurt the driver 's seat railing. My mom who was driving is small, so the seat was all the way to the front, exposing the rails behind it. My sister' s skull skin was cut open and bleeding quite a lot. No skull damage, but few stiches and a big fear. I can't imagine driving kids around whitout safety now. Can you imagine babies were just put in a cot on the backseat, unattached! 🤯

[@TeStOs78]

More like an old low tech... outdated systems always pose greater potential for these incidents.

[@dragondude9637]

They do now, but back then they relied on specific orders.

[@mcmicanator]

It's essentially a pressure cooker with a vise clamp holding it closed, nothing high tech about it

[@bertabound8093]

The autopsy report is pretty horrific. As a former oilfield worker (seperate sector), it doesn't surprise me. A lot of companies penny pinch when it comes to communication, proper tools, etc. Every job does in reality, it's just most jobs aren't as potentially dangerous.

[@lemmyspeaks]

I just read the autopsy report, as graphic as it is i still have that feeling where your mind thinks it’s not real

[@albertomartinez714]

The autopsy has a crazy picture of one of the guy's faces blown off. But a couple of 'em don't look as bad as you'd think. Some of them are a complete mess, though.

[@ryant115]

Hard pass.

[@tortellinifettuccine]

Almost like a company's only goal is profit

[@annak9646]

Big oil doesn’t care about the environmental or its workers - no amount of money could make me destroy the planet like that and jeopardise the environment for my children

[@jazzisips9775]

The autopsy reports and images don't show diver 1-3's bodies exploding or splattered. Outwardly they were mostly intact. The overall aftermath is TERRIBLE but a lot of channels ramp up the shock factor. Divers 1-3 didnt instantly turn to particles. Only diver 4 was torn apart and strewn all over. Rest in peace to all who passed, they did not deserve that

[@e4m7g6]

Everything happens for a reason.

[@awetistic5295]

@@e4m7g6 The reasons being sleep deprivation and a criminally unsafe work environment.

[@jadenepia5960]

@@e4m7g6 Christian right?

[@e4m7g6]

@@jadenepia5960 No. I hate jesus.

[@xewsi9826]

​@@e4m7g6 why? Jesus loves you on an unimaginable level

[@HolldollMcG]

My father works with OSHA as an environmental engineer. Oart of his job is to investigate accidents in order to implement better training/protocols. Once he had to investigate the death of a man who was sucked into an industrial fan and vapourised. There was nothing left but a red mist.

[@ChallengeFate]

this is terrible, this guy's poor relatives

[@MarkJones-n]

Sounds better than a wood-chipper feet first!

[@DeesonJame]

Sounds like he faked his own death.

[@bevtube1567]

Horrific

[@redsentry9785]

​@@Johnconnohe concluded that indeed, the man was dead

[@Aka_daka]

No matter how much you get paid, no amount is worth the mental stress of this job.

[@nagggahaggaa]

Not to mention being yanked out of existence

[@preflightdrip8672]

You say that but as a young guy doing the math real quick, it said they were being paid $30-45k/month in the video. Modern money vs 83 that means on the top end it could be up $140k/month assuming you probably don't do that year round you're making probably $250-500k per year and can work a part time job when not doing that. Live like you're very poor while doing that for 5 to 10 years and you'd never have to work again, put it in finances like stocks and retire young to enjoy the rest of your life fairly wealthy and leave a good amount behind for family. I mean you could own a house fully paid off in one to two years. As a young guy with hindsight into what happened here I'd say no, but if I was there and had the opportunity to do it like these guys did with no idea this would happen I mean sign me up. One terrible decade but afterwards everything would be good sounds too much like a dream come true when you're young

[@Lion-tq7ob]

How I felt hearing 18 hours a day 3 hours of sleep. "Man screw tha--" *30-45k a month* ($90-140k a month adjusted for inflation) "...hmm..."

[@preflightdrip8672]

@@Lion-tq7ob yeah really sign me up

[@meruem3327]

Military is probably just as bad at times but gets paid less even with the free housing and medical allowance

[@TheGeezzer]

Known as explosive decompression, instant millisecond death, those who died had no idea that they died!

[@Colin_]

Like oceangate.

[@TheGeezzer]

@@Colin_Yes I suppose the Titan was a subject of explosive decompression, with water instead of air. The crew had no idea that they perished, it remains with the eternal question...life after death? Then they _would_ know.

[@dragondude9637]

I thought explosive decomposition was you burst like a balloon.

[@cringeyidiotterry]

Sadly, you can feel milliseconds: saying half of the word "Mississippi" takes less than one second.

[@BeertjeRulez]

​@@TheGeezzerquite the opposite. In the case of Oceangate the capsule was at 1 ATM and the surrounding water at approx. 400 ATM. They first burned due to intense heat of compressed air and the crushed by the water.

[@tjacero23]

As a submariner, we worked tremendous amount of hours underwater and I am just surprised that we are still operating under those conditions

[@paulanderson7796]

Are subs not at atmospheric pressure?

[@Topper_Harley68]

@@paulanderson7796 Yes.

[@The_Oblivion_Light]

I'm just a former trucker of 7 years. The impact of driving without sleep... Well, I'm pretty sure you heard at least 1 devastating truck accident in your life times. The one thing I did learn about all industries that involves heavy machinery is that they preach a big game of safety, but always pressure people to do things against the realm of safety and when the inevitable happens, they tend to throw everything on the driver/operator. Like you said down below, 12-18 hours... That is what jobs are turning into these days. Right now I am a commuter rail operator and they have this thing for certain schedules where they can keep you for 16 hours with 9 hours off and have you work for another up to 16 hours and it is legal per DOT guidelines. Its good money, but extremely unsafe and we did have someone who lost their life over 8 years ago working under these conditions.

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

What was truck driving like before Jimmy Carter deregulated it? It seems like bad (even malevolent) industry practices flooded in after that.

[@The_Oblivion_Light]

@BlackPill-pu4vi That is because the world is moving too fast. We sacrifice safety only for the end result of products and services, and when one f*** up happens, a liability is always held accountable even when that liability is pressured into doing something unsafe. Unsafe actions become habit forming as a norm, but again, when the time comes, the liability is thrown to the wolves. It's like that time between 2005-2008, there was a problem with salmonella in our produce, one most notibly with spinach and we still to have that issue popping up to date with that and other contaminants in our consumables. That is how fast we are moving. We will put stuff on the shelves and up to weeks later, that is when an announcement is made only after an X amount of people turn ill.

[@pntbtr]

amen! i work for a big company that has safety stuff they throw in your face daily, but then mandate 60 hours when the 'need' arises. they dont give a damn if people get hurt or die; as long as their pockets get fat and they dont have to worry about being sued because they show assinine 'safety' videos frequently to satisfy 'osha' requirements! and im convinced the company i work for has bought out more than one of them too!😡

[@The_Oblivion_Light]

@pntbtr What?! Now, 60 hours is mad. With that one said, the problem is that your company sounds like they work a skeletal system and work who they have until they drop, and when they do, they will simply replace them. Even when you get sick, I found that companies will not pay long-term disability, even though they actually offer it. They will fire you if you on the day before long term begins. It happened to me when I was truck driving.

[@pntbtr]

@@The_Oblivion_Light im lookin like a skeleton with all the walkin at work!🤣💀

[@ScotsmanDougal]

My uncle was on the Dolphin when this happened. Said it was the most horrific thing he has ever seen. Body parts were being found for days afterwards.

[@lazydave9761]

Uh huh.

[@xyXCG364hhgs]

The smell would be horrible

[@pinesapp]

@@lazydave9761 insensitive as hell

[@Protactiny]

Oh no

[@ScotsmanDougal]

@@pinesappIt's ok, some people get their kicks by being a keyboard warrior. Their personal life is terrible so they take it out on other people online. Never in real life because they're cowards.

[@jspau]

That's messed. 20 days straight, in a tiny claustrophobic shell to sleep then going 90m under the ocean, working 18 hours per day. I would have a panic attack after like 2 hours.

[@Visitwarriorbulliescom]

Just the though of its gives me panick attack

[@Hunter_Bidens_Crackpipe_]

Weak genes 😂😂

[@Hunter_Bidens_Crackpipe_]

​@@Visitwarriorbulliescomwhat a pussay 😂

[@pigpuke]

Yeah, you don't get a job like that without a basic psyc eval to weed out the people who don't work under pressure (no pun intended), have issues like claustrophobia, etc. Same thing for astronaughts, fighter pilots or any other other high-stress (mentally _and_ physically) jobs. Companies that _don't_ do this and just put "anyone anywhere 'cuz people can learn" have terrible track records because they get people killed.

[@johnr2391]

They don't make men like they used too.

[@SylvesterStaline.]

18 hours of work with 3 hours of sleep is asking for an accident and is inhumane. Hope they stopped that stupidity. Its crazy, how can you even support that for like a full month?? I would probably be the biggest asshole ever..

[@MattSimmons-ys3mv]

There are 24 hours in a day, wtf happened during the orher 3?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[@billflixtone6684]

You missed a lot, the noise, the faulty PA, the rush for the tender to get his crew change, the signal from inside the chamber that confirmed the chamber door was closed (three knocks, which was imitated by the diver going back to retrieve some kit), the practice that had developed of opening the clamp while the trunking was at full pressure (to save time) and more. Accident Investigator from Frigg

[@patrikfloding7985]

Wow, that’s some awful protocol they had made.

[@spaceboy3101]

Wow, so basically a protocol for suicide.

[@stephend4909]

So, there's a lot more to know about this. Thank you. Coz though this video appears thorough, tries to say the right words and respect the event, it really thrives on sensationalizing this death through wormification thing, For likes I guess.

[@Antarath]

My dad was a sat. diver for 19 years. I had no idea how sat. diving worked back when I was a kid and I'm glad I didn't. Glad you liked my photo montages.

[@Storified1]

Thank you for sharing your story! I appreciate you being cool about the images used, I will add your name in the description!

[@waitandhope]

Wow

[@Chris-ft2yx]

ok... so do you like... any stories to tell? whats the point of you comment otherwise lol

[@kdmq]

"Pounds per square meter" words no engineer ever wants to hear.

[@avianokke2281]

My brain hurts and I am not an engineer nor am I studying to become one

[@kyfho47]

Thank you. K was looking for someone to bitch about this. Mixing metric and retard units, and getting it WRONG to boot.

[@SpaceCityProjectz]

​@notmyrealhandle wtf is a rerigerator?

[@Taricus]

You can thank AI for that one. It was completely wrong LOL! It's 14.7 pounds per square inch (psi) = 1 atmosphere (atm)

[@heyitsvos]

​@@Taricusman that was making my teeth itch when I saw that. 😂

[@Ryan_1997]

The owners of these companies don’t care. You’re replaceable, remember that.

[@voltairearouet1374]

That's not the point of this video. Not like i expect common sense from a communist.

[@Leondrius]

Employer: Asks me to work anywhere near underwater pipes. Me: "Nah, I'm good."

[@bottle3124]

Employer: cames in your mouth. You: “mmm yesssss”

[@Leondrius]

@@bottle3124 You: *says what you just said* Me: Fuck off!

[@Leondrius]

@@bottle3124 Me: *Walks into your room* You: *👖💦💩*

[@fukari6282]

@@bottle3124 wtf bro

[@me-qg2mt]

You mean 14.6 pounds per square INCH, not per square meter.

[@matthewhaerr6203]

Thank you!!!

[@CJW0056]

Knew something sounded weird there, lol

[@toddslaughter2192]

Came here to say this! Not only is it wrong, it mixes imperial and SI units!

[@OneMilian]

I could cuddle with 14.6 Pounds per square meter

[@alextomei-z6l]

My sister's home cooked overly under cooked rubbery meals are pure fear every per square inch of the plate 😳

[@blacksmith67]

Studied this accident 20 years ago. Absolutely horrific way to go.

[@cdvries]

I would prefer this way to go over waisting away in a hospital bed. At least people are talking about you 20 years after.

[@tonywong8134]

They died instantly. The only one who suffered was the survivor.

[@Oozaru85]

Horrific for the people who have to clean this mess. For the people who died: not that horrific, since they didn't even have time to realize what happened. They just went Boom! in an instance.

[@cdvries]

@@Oozaru85 yes. only the friends family and loved ones feel pain.

[@alextomei-z6l]

The lucky ones inside, the pressure so great they wouldn't feel any pain, it just be sudden unconscious and death as their bodies including brain explode. The poor bugga who was squeezed through the tiny gap of the door also would have died in about 2 seconds

[@robuu5890]

its crazy to think we have complete control of land, but ultimately useless in the water

[@robuu5890]

sure we have underwater weapons and stuff but they are nowhere near as capable as the stuff we have for air or land

[@Ninjadiver]

"Isnt known for their patience" is the truest phrase of this video.

[@counthypeula4095]

Typical corpos, telling the people who ACTUALLY DO THE JOB how they should do it, and at what speed.

[@Godzillaminusone70]

@@counthypeula4095 well in defense oil and gas are VITAL for modern society even more so in the 80s no this does not justify them they are in the wrong for risking people's lives for an extra week or two.

[@elizabethshaw4117]

This is the best, clearest explanation I've ever watched for understanding the pressure changes that happen that deep under the water and how that affects the body.

[@bennynortheast1328]

Just think about that “14.6lbs per square metre” for a second…

[@Wesselkous]

yeah man true

[@Camerondono]

Im beyond thankful of these men and their sacrifice to make the whole industry safer, although it should have never happened... pray for their families

[@MattSimmons-ys3mv]

Ah yes the offshore oil rigging community is safer i can sleep now

[@guyquasar7439]

Man this brings me back the first time I did my researched about this horrifying tragic incident and getting traumatized for a week. May their brave souls rest in peace.

[@RinaCh]

Working 18 hours in underwater?? this is crazy

[@TheRocco96]

Why not work 18 hours? They're confined to the pressurized environment. Working the normal 8 hours a day would mean they spent more than twice as long confined in that pressurized room.

[@iliketoast-q9b]

@@TheRocco96 You'd work more effectively if you at least get 8 hours of sleep per day and a couple hours to rest and eat. So maybe 12 hours of work max. Working 18 hours straight with 3 hours of sleep is asking for trouble.

[@antoniobabb1938]

Probably was fatigued too

[@smugfrog8111]

@@TheRocco96 I can't imagine working 8 hours a day, every day. Where do you find time to live? How do you have hobbies, or interests, or even energy to do anything but sleep in preparation for the next day? People that can do that are truly admirable to me because I simply cannot. I made it 3 months at such a job before I had a minor mental breakdown and literally ran out of the building. I found something else thankfully but god damn. Just reading "work 8 hours" gave me a mild anxiety attack.

[@Hunne2303]

@@smugfrog8111you are present 8 hours...you don´t work 8 hours straight. in an office at least...I had whole shifts of 8,9 or even 12 hours without anything to do and that is really hard to endure

[@richardland9668]

Can I just correct something it’s not a horrible death if you die instantly and without any knowledge of what’s happening.

[@henrikmonkee]

It could be horrible for the ones who saw it and understood what happened rather than the ones who died, despite dying instantly it wasn't a beautiful death neither.

[@saschaberger7201]

ye he was more so talkin bout the people that had to go down there and see that, but i agree with you

[@talllala]

That's what I said. Even the poor guy that got sucked into the door wouldn't have known anything as it was over in a split second. Horrible certainly, to read about though!

[@6z0]

It’s still a horrible death, in the matter that they did, regardless if they felt it or not.

[@87dramarama]

Bull

[@KBAMAries]

I saw the pictures of the diver who was sucked through the small opening, although low quality, you can tell how gruesome it was, something that you think you could only see in horror movies. Rip.

[@Tumbledweeb]

I've actually read the accident report on this incident. It had photos and everything of the deceased. Several of the photos looked like slabs of meat, and underneath the photo it would say stuff like "Part of the deceased's torso", and I'm looking at it like "How can you even tell?! And how can you tell this pile of meat from the pile of meat in that other photo?"

[@Tumbledweeb]

@user-ue3xb8tz1u Delish!

[@EvidentlyFire]

​@user-ue3xb8tz1uyou must be 12

[@us3rk1t30]

​@user-ue3xb8tz1u 😨

[@sagittaria9566]

Our body tissues are different throughout. Worst cast scenario they’d inspect the tissues of the body part found and identify it to belonging to one part of our body system or another.

[@Tumbledweeb]

@@sagittaria9566 Good point! Thank you!

[@aRomanSoldier]

Only 3 hours of sleep? You are just asking for an accident to happen.

[@farmerfarmerer3847]

I was on rigs late 80' & 90's as a service hand. During well completion or well testing many companies did not have the manpower to work shifts.

[@RedVRCC]

tbh i wouldnt want to be that one survivor. not just the injuries but just imagine the mental scarring from what he probably saw.

[@tappajaav]

Doubt he was in state to really see anything just after the accident.

[@AnontheGOAT]

He was probably knocked unconscious just as quickly as his fellow counterparts died.

[@one5thofwhiskey738]

Employer: It's been 14,912 days since the last accident. Applicant: Wow, that's a great safety record. What do you attribute it to? Employer: I want you to sit down and look at some photographs, and listen to me carefully

[@BlueDroneBlues]

As a former (SS) Submarine Sailor I remember part of our training was as deep as 400 ft deep we were told we could possibly escape the submarine and were told we let air out a little bit at a time on the way up so our lungs 🫁 wouldn’t expand too much on the way up. What a crock. We’d all have the bends so bad even at 300 ft and on up we’d most likely never survive even with the pressure chamber above when we surfaced.

[@pepeshadilay]

Yeah a free ascent of more than 100 feet with zero dive gear is low survival

[@ciocanul]

It actually depends. If the sub imploded violently, everybody would most probably pass out and drown. If you escaped from a pressurized escape air lock, there is a chance that you could swim to the surface in about three minutes, only slightly bent if you spent less than a minute in the airlock. The air in your lungs would expand about ten times, so it would be a continuous exhalation, without the need to inhale. However, that is only if you don't pass out due to oxygen toxicity, nitrogen narcosis or ruptured ear drums if you fail to equalize while in the airlock. So yes, chances of survival from such depth are pretty slim.

[@Slash1066]

I thought submarines operated at 1 bar and the hull resisted the pressure. Are the interiors pressurised?

[@krashd]

@@Slash1066 They do operate at 1 bar, he's talking shit about getting the bends.

[@Hunne2303]

@@ciocanulif it implodes violently, temperatures go up quickly...and I mean UP...as in you´ll be incinerated in an instant... and no, submarine hulls are not rigid at all...never seen that line thingy submariners do to show how much the hull is actually pressed inwards? 50 feet: line is rigid, even close to snapping...200 feet and you couldn´t hang a handkerchief on that line cuz is hanging loose like an overcooked spaghetti...

[@EverPaintP]

Used to work in industrial environment doing 14-16 hours every day. Doing weeks and months you get tired enough to not to even realize that you are tired. Once I made a 2 tons pallet nearly fell on me, it was just pure luck that a nearby colleague saw it and pushed me out of it's way. Nobody should be doing this many hours, it's just not healthy.

[@Storified1]

Thank you for sharing your story!

[@IASP17]

8 hours is maximum for me. Ill never work a job that requires me to work longer than 8. no amount of money can change my mind. I got family, I got friends, I got hobbies. I dont wanna spend 24 hours working and sleeping. what kind of a life is that?

[@EverPaintP]

@@IASP17 I wrote a long essay as a reply but reading it a couple of times I decided not to send it. You are right, when you have family, stability, friends and getting older, you shouldn't do that but there are situations in life when it's either necessary or you have no choice but to hammer life and try to climb up the ladder.

[@polarfroge]

It's absolutely insane any corporations were attempting operations in such a way. This seemed inevitable with such overworking being so common.

[@cremebrulee4759]

A large number of them still do. They are willing to take the risk and hope nothing goes wrong.

[@MrMarinus18]

This wasn't a corporation though, this was the state oil company of Norway. It shows how putting profits over lives isn't exclusive to capitalism. Non-unionized workers are just pawns of the powerful, this has been the case since the beginning of history.

[@dreisiglps2451]

Your Social Contract at work.

[@dreisiglps2451]

​@@MrMarinus18So you mean a Communist problem and not a Capitalist one?

[@MrMarinus18]

@@dreisiglps2451 Not really. Just the elite not caring about the lower classes. That isn't unique to capitalism or communism.

[@keysersoze503]

How much death, misery and war has the pursuit of oil caused.

[@WaveRipper707]

That and drugs. Especially opium.

[@bluedistortions]

You want to go back to the stone age, be my guest.

[@WaveRipper707]

@@bluedistortions No, of course not. That is why we want to get rid of oil and pursue clean reusable energy. Instead of sacrificing worker's lives, promoting slavery, destroying countries, waging and promoting religious crusades and pissing people off for fossil fuel and opium. Root for tesla.

[@WaveRipper707]

@@bluedistortions Root for tesla. Screw fossil fuels.

[@WaveRipper707]

@@bluedistortions Pursue clean resuable energy

[@lewisdepatserlord4737]

Oil industries having outdated equipment is just a given, why install new equipment when you could be making money right?

[@ww748]

Wrong. The diving equipment was only 8 years old at the time of the accident, it wasn't outdated for that time. The accident happened over 40 years ago, the entire culture around oilfield safety has changed a lot since then. I know, I was there for the before and after. Is it perfect now? Hardly, but then neither are many other industries which expose workers to dangerous situations. Today's diving equipment is far safer of course, just as today's commercial aircraft are far safer than they were 40 years ago. Why? Because people had to die to expose shortcomings in equipment and procedures, forcing governmental agencies to change regulations applicable to the particular industries. Like it or not, it's the way the world works.

[@dahitmann]

It's the same reason you might see a traffic light installed at an intersection that needed it. Sometimes, it's because a person (or several) died there first. New safety regulations and procedures are more often than not written with the blood of those that inspired it. @@ww748

[@raymondingram2539]

Out of all the dangerous jobs out there this is definitely the scariest.

[@Storified1]

Definitely!

[@joem3999]

Logging is the most dangerous job on the planet by 70 percent. Next runner up is commercial fisherman. I've done both. Going into that underwater ship of theirs sounds terrifying though.

[@raymondingram2539]

@@joem3999 I've worked as a commercial fisherman and it is very dangerous but I would say that this is more dangerous because if something goes wrong your a dead man, you can be killed as a commercial fisherman but most of the time it's just injuries, working in those depths there are so many things that can go wrong and when it does your a dead man, all these jobs are dangerous but I would say that this one is the scariest because no one is going to hear you scream.

[@playerx2006]

pays 50K a month though

[@joem3999]

@@charlesrichter3854 Mining makes the top ten at least. Look it up.

[@j7ndominica051]

The worst part of living inside the pressurized capsule is that there seems to be nowhere to go to the bathroom while another person is watching and smelling you.

[@reviewerofcomments]

what's wrong with private bathrooms?

[@Dead_Again1313]

​@@reviewerofcomments Its a matter of space. They dont have the ability to add an extra room for toilets down there.

[@Trumpulator]

Nobody is required to watch though. Such people wouldn't be liked.

[@aronserrao5209]

The whole transcript of this video is copied from Wikipedia word for word!!!!!!!

[@MemeAthon.]

And?

[@dannydandaniel8040]

It's a crappy research resource ​@@MemeAthon.

[@nadogrl]

OR, someone copied the video’s description onto Wikipedia?

[@odessa72]

😂 There are KZbinrs who take stories from Reddit (scary, personal stories) snd read them word for word on their channels. It’s a thing. I know because I’m subscribed to A LOT of them. I love hearing scary stories.

[@flymykim]

When the narrator said "north sea..." at 0:26, I already knew it was gonna be horrible

[@aeligos]

Why? What is it about North Sea?

[@Jakc_Tk]

Why?

[@Psylective]

I worked on this rig in 2011, not as a diver. There was no sight of any diving equipment. The rumour on the rig was that a new steward took the divers a cup of tea and opened the chamber inadvertently. Thanks for clearing that up. What a terrible accident. Pretty sure they only just scrapped it recently.

[@gangsterHOTLINE]

That is an oil rig ass tale if I've ever heard one.

[@richardhallyburton]

I worked on this rig in the early '00s. It was later decommissioned and converted into an accommodation platform and scrapped quite recently I think.

[@SuperTed.]

I am this rig and yes I have been scrapped.

[@BoringTroublemaker]

You worked on this rig and believed this dumb rumor that couldn’t possibly be true and is easily disproven with widely available information?

[@YFZriderdude15]

@@BoringTroublemaker Nowhere did he say he believed that... learn to read.. 🙄

[@Mike-01234]

I once saw a neurologist to get an MRI after a bump on the head. I talked to her about scuba diving she told me when she was in medical school they were learning to read MRI images. They reviewed several MRI's images of saturation diver's brains they looked like someone had shrunken their brains after several years of saturation diving. The odd thing about saturation diving is the oxygen level in the gas is very low like 2% amazing how little you need at that depth.

[@klausstock8020]

The percentage is low, but the actual amount (by mass) of oxygen you need (and which is present) is the same.

[@HydeKills]

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1035367/

[@brendalg4]

What are the symptoms of having their brain shrunk? Is it just smaller because of the pressure or are they brain damaged?

[@klausstock8020]

@@brendalg4 Damage, i'd say. If it was just the pressure, it would expand back to regular size. Excessive drinking can also cause the brain to shrink. Like, when you switch to denatured alcohol because it's cheaper.

[@LeverPhile]

​@@klausstock8020 Exactly ... percentage is low because the pressure is insanely high.

[@Redpill-lv4it]

These guys were under so much pressure to perform.

[@danrodrigues3531]

I would not want to see the aftermath of this accident. That is something that you could never unsee.

[@TucsonDude]

You can still find the images of the deceased. Not super bad, but bad enough.

[@MrOshirinoana]

The guy still had on his watch@@TucsonDude

[@Justin.Martyr]

*I can NEVER UN-See the ELection of DonaLd Trump!!!!*

[@ikigai47]

@@Justin.Martyr - No one cares

[@FormerFofcaStudentAlt]

The autopsy report of crammond was something else. It was just so messed up you couldn’t really tell what you were seeing which somehow made it less gruesome

[@BitSmythe]

3:30 We were taught (shallow dives); always ascend slower than the slowest air bubbles.

[@jonm4501]

That's to prevent an air embolism.

[@Luccaluke]

"But what happened to the divers was way worse than slowly succumbing to injuries or being crippled for life!" "Oh no, what happened to them?" "They died instantly, whithout any pain!" "..." "Never even saw their terrible fate comming" "..." "Essentially just blinked out of existence, no pain, no fear, nothing!" "... ok"

[@Rick-the-Swift]

As he also said, "there's no way this can be confirmed." I have doubts they were just blinked out of existence. It's possible I suppose, but I've also heard a lot of stories about divers who have survived being decompressed extremely quickly. The will to survive can be extreme itself. There are also many types of animals that can survive such extreme fluctuations, so I wouldn't assume these guys all went from all good to instantly gone. There was probably a second or two of their bodies feeling the you-know-what as it hit the fan.

[@Saint_Medusa]

Because dying is worst than beinf crippled for life as one include DEATH but hey if youre not scared of death good for you

[@BitSmythe]

8:30 *While gruesome, he did not SUFFER at all. It was virtually instantaneous. Much faster than human response time to pain.*

[@billponderosa88]

I've always heard this story. I never knew it happened above water. That's even crazier

[@joeproyaknow]

It didn't...

[@marietighe6328]

???

[@Him_He_Me]

Thank you for this detailed description. Ive seen this story a few times and this channel has the best description, aka synopsis of events that happened leading to this catastrophic failure. I now know what happened completely. So glad these poor human beings felt nothing.

[@littlefluffybushbaby7256]

Warning: Do not search for this video using only a partial title.

[@Biggiecheeseness]

Uh oh. Why

[@MattSimmons-ys3mv]

Lmfao

[@BitSmythe]

1:05 Working, eating, sleeping…. No pooping?

[@Set4LifeYT]

My ad was for an underwater welding school 😂

[@ToreDL87]

Dang..

[@CrniWuk]

Company : We let people work very long 18 hour shifts under extreme stressfull conditions and with very complex procedures. Also the Company : We just don't know what happend and blame it on human error.

[@codo6798]

all this time I thought it had happened while still underwater

[@hotrodmercury3941]

Being tired really causes those small mistakes you can't protect yourself from in a job like that. For example, I drove 16 hours straight. I was working a job that abused me and considered me not under the DOT rules. I was so tired, I was driving on autopilot. Yet at the same time, I was going around curves and turning on my turn signal as if I was turning. A byproduct of my racing days, it still showed how tired I was. Now imagine being so tired and having to handle that decompression, where one slight slip up could kill you? That small mistake doesn't seem so small anymore.

[@MrSpaceRatt]

The guy wasn't "sucked" through. He was PUSHED through. Which is pretty much what happens anytime there is a differential in pressure.

[@drakkondarkspell]

I appreciate that you mention the images as being part of the report but did not show them. The thought of what happens is gruesome enough.

[@bonaqua123]

Indeed. Having seen the pictures tho, I have to say the 3 guys that weren't sucked into the hole, looked quite normal aside from some skin discoloration. They weren't, as the video put it at 8:30 "unrecognizable" or some blobs of blood and fat. Just 3 relatively normal looking bodies. The one who got sucked in...yeah, looked exactly what you'd imagine.

[@amyg8761]

I've read about this incident before but never really understood what exactly happened. This video explained it perfectly. I feel so claustrophobic watching this. Sorry for these men and their families.

[@jin8684]

This channel really deserves some recognition. Well researched and outstanding narration. Better than most documentary channels I've seen.

[@Storified1]

Thank you! I will continue to do my absolute best and keep improving where I can! Love your profile picture btw 😇

[@jin8684]

​@@Storified1❤️

[@TheRogerhill1234]

No electronic safely interlocks? No indicator lights at the clamp? Sounds like a lawsuit

[@TonyP9279]

If I had a choice between going into space or 100 meters under the surface of the ocean, I would pick space without a second thought.

[@moffxanatos6376]

The main issue with Space is how hard it is to get there and back, if it was as easy to get into space as it is to go underwater, It really would be a no brainer. Even then. Pressure difference between the inside of a spacecraft and outside, is 1 or less. 1 Atmosphere in, 0 (rounding down) Atmospheres out. Pressure difference between the inside of a submarine and outside, is much, much higher and only gets higher the deeper you go.

[@therealFearlessBOB]

At 1:16 into the video.. "FORCING THEM TO WORK!"... Two seconds later : "For 45000$ a month".... That's not how 'forcing anyone to do anything' works, dude...

[@JazZy-pn4ms]

Although I heard many version of this tragic event, but this channel deliver it clearly with the informative graphic animation. As a guy who work in O&G field, I never want to met with such incident happen in front of my eyes. Scary. Story well done. New subscriber here.

[@jerseys89finest]

If humans are gonna use robots. The focus should be for dangerous work. Not flipping burgers.

[@Robbe902]

After watching this video and reading the accident report and the introductory description of how and in what condition T.Hellevik's remains were brought to the forensic medicine, your stomach immediately turns again. The only consolation: they didn't notice anything about it. The description “instant death” takes on a whole new dimension. 😞

[@Durwood71]

Working your employees to the point of exhaustion, it's not surprising that an accident like this happened, it's surprising that it doesn't happen more often.

[@DerekDumas]

6:11 The sound of the door closing decompressed my right ear, Thanks!

[@peach7210]

Once you know this story, it never leaves you.

[@brandonearly267]

Rest in peace gentleman.

[@lefthookouchmcarm4520]

45k back then is about 140k today.

[@nosender2399]

I was checking the calculation too. And some reports show these guys make even less today- closer to 25k a month. Ridiculous. Before even doing the calculation, upon seeing those reports, I thought "these guys should be making $150k a month."

[@lefthookouchmcarm4520]

@nosender2399 yeah it's such an insane way to work. They definitely deserve more pay and more safety

[@TheDragonSeer]

Unfortunately, you can't take money with you to heaven

[@imonymous]

​@@TheDragonSeerBut at least your family might still get it. Though yea, i doubt many people would find that much of a consolation.

[@ricarleite]

A month. Not a year.

[@Martial-Mat]

Absolutely shocking that such long hours were permitted in such a high risk environment taht depended upon people to be at their best.

[@Nana-Opa]

When you work/drive so tired, it is like being drunk. Sad.

[@sunso1991]

45,000/month in 1979?! You are paying over 60% effective tax. Why? Risk everything so you can give it to the tax man?

[@Hector-bj3ls]

Don't see the feminists calling for women to be in these jobs do you?

[@talklesslistenmore5578]

Nope they want to be the Boss over Companies they not qualified for

[@parrsnipps4495]

When I worked on the BP40's in the North Sea the divers all kept to themselves. I never saw any of them talk or look at anyone not part of their crew. Not sure why.

[@ianparke4048]

The world is divided into two distinct groups, divers, and 'people other than divers' divers really couldn't give a monkeys what PODS think , about pretty much anything.. 😂

[@OPTIONALWATCH]

8:42 gets me sick to my stomach just listening to that detailed description.

[@axe.jakan.]

🎶 sucked through the hole, and you're to blame. you give vents a bad name. 🎶

[@meisbigepiccoolstrongpro1365]

my friend's dad worked as a diver under similar working conditions, he was the sole survivor of a horrible incident at his workplace. i used to look up to the guy and hoped to work with him one day but not anymore.

[@Seeker7172]

A catastrophe easily avoided if employers gave a damn about worker conditions.

[@McLarenMercedes]

Oil and gas companies?? They care about one thing: Keeping the oil and gas flowing. At any cost. This also includes getting in bed with some rather brutal countries, politicians and local warlords. So no, they don't give a damn about worker conditions. At least nowhere near as other jobs.

[@HeroInTheSun]

Seen plenty documentaries about this incident but this here was imho the best. Thanks

[@Storified1]

Glad you liked it!

[@L.L]

The bell is not what give them the capability to go that deep but to stay that deep for days

[@ThatOneMule]

Recently found tgis channel and I am hooked! Your story telling, accurate information and visuals are *chef's kiss* perfect!

[@Storified1]

Glad you enjoyed it! A lot of time and fine tuning goes into these. Thank you for the recognition 😇

[@johncochran8497]

Someone is mixing measurement systems. 14.6 lbs per square meter? Not much pressure at all since it should be 14.6 lbs per square inch, or 10332 kilograms per square meter.