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Ah yes, the Diver philosophy. Let me get right on that. Anyone else want to work a fourth of the year?

• joezydeco 13y ago
  "A CDC report in 1998 estimated that the occupational fatality rate for commercial divers was forty times the national average for all workers, at an annual rate of 180 deaths per 100,000 employed divers." Yeah, I'll keep the desk job, thanks.
  • mseebach 13y ago
    40 x a very low number is still a very low number.
    • khuey 13y ago
      0.18% annually is not a very low number.
      • joezydeco 13y ago
        Especially over the 20 years mentioned in the article.
        • Natsu 13y ago
          It's 3.54% over 20 years, assuming a 0.18% annually. I think that's actually quite a lot, but it's smaller than I initially expected.
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  • walshemj 13y ago
    And you have forgotten the possibility of long term health issues you cant do this sort of work until you are 65. Plus the habit of the choppers servicing the rigs/north see crashing at an alarming rate. Oh and there is the black swan type events like piper alpha.
  • lostlogin 13y ago
    Surprisingly, logging is way more dangerous than that here in NZ. 334 deaths per 100,000. This is a scandal here which is slowing rising to prominence. http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10829833 http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=...
• colanderman 13y ago
  I'd love to. I'd have so much time for personal projects and otherwise enjoying the life I'm working for.
• PhasmaFelis 13y ago
  It sounds great until you get to the part where the 1 month of work is spent living in a 2.5x7m box with 11 other dudes. I'm pretty sure that's smaller than my living room.