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Old 11-09-2017, 12:41 AM   #85
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I worked on the oil rigs in the gulf in the late 70's. Until the rig blew out across from us and 4 people died. Figured I couldn't spend this great money if I was dead.
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That's a tough job, that's for sure. In some countries, the fatality rates for that job are absolutely atrocious. In China, for example, the fatality rates were more than 25 times as high as in the US at the beginning of this century.
https://www.ncbi..nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056041/
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Do you think that most of your colleagues had a good understanding of how risky the job was?

I think a lot of us do dangerous things, especially as young adults, without truly appreciating the risks.

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