Feds Gave Safety Prize to Transocean's Deepwater Horizon-Workers Did Hip-Hop Safet

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

The federal agency charged with enforcing safety on deepwater oil rigs has also played a major role in promoting the industry's claim that it is safe, and in 2009 handed out one of its top prizes for safety to Transocean's Deepwater Horizon.

Transocean's safety effort included two dance videos, one of them a hip-hop video promoting safety that was filmed on the Deepwater Horizon. The Deepwater Horizon exploded last week, killing 11 and unleashing what could become one of the worst oil spill disasters in the nation's history.

The Minerals Management Service, which falls under the U.S. Department of Interior, touts the recipients in government press releases and hosts an awards luncheon at a lavish industry association conference in Houston. This year's luncheon was scheduled for Monday before it was abruptly canceled.

"The ongoing situation with the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling accident has caused the MMS to dedicate considerable resources to the successful resolution of this event which will conflict with holding this ceremony next week," a statement released on the conference web site says. " The MMS will announce an alternative plan during the next several weeks."



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[BrklynLiberal]

1. oops. Maybe they should re-examine their standards...

[Enrique]

2. those workers appearing in the video

I really hope they weren't among the dead.

It's important for workers to follow safety rules, but it's also important for the bosses to make the workplace safe. Maybe they should have made a video for the bosses?

[pinboy3niner]

3. Hmmm--I wonder if Transocean was slated to get an award this year?

THAT certainly would have been embarassing . . .

[Downwinder]

4. About BP's safety record:

OSHA: Ongoing Safety Violations at BP's US Refineries Endanger Employees' Lives http://www.truthout.org/osha-safety-violations-bps-us-refineries-endanger-employees-lives59133

[paparush]

5. Stop. It's Hammer time.