Yet, when the methane gas shot onto the rig on the day of the explosion, the bypassed alarm meant that the men on the drill floor had no audio or visual warning to help them escape. Transocean, the rig’s operator, reportedly did this to prevent waking workers with false alarms. ![]() Worker testimony following the disaster revealed that the rig’s general alarm had been set to bypass and didn’t automatically trigger any warning signals or zone alarms in the event of high gas levels or fire. Below we review some of the unfortunate safety and process lapses that occurred, and what can be done to avoid them. ![]() Safety professionals in all industries can learn from the mistakes that led to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. While hindsight is always 20/20, what the Deepwater Horizon disaster teaches us is that when safety and workflow processes are ignored, the results will almost always eventually be deadly. In years since the disaster, eyewitness testimony and investigations have revealed that a system that allowed for systematic safety and process breakdown led to the well eruption and rig explosion. While the film will surely be praised for its action and special effects, it will also likely reignite conversations around the importance of risk management processes and worker safety. Nearly seven years since, the disaster is still considered by many to be the largest environmental disaster in U.S. ![]() Following the explosion, more than 200 million US gallons of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico over the course of 87 days until the well was finally capped. It tells the true story of the ill-fated semi-submersible offshore oil drilling rig that exploded after the well it was drilling erupted, killing 11 workers and injuring dozens more. ![]() This weekend, the feature film “ Deepwater Horizon” hits movie theaters across the country.
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