Why Underwater Welding Is The Deadliest Job In The World | Risky Business

I dont get it. You're earning so much, even by developed countries' standards, but you can't invest in better safetfy equipment?

Making $15k a week and living in Indonesia is insane! That guy is making a TON of money for his coat of living!!!!! Wow

As much electricity as a power line? Welders work on lower voltage and higher current. Makes you wonder what research they do before making these videos.

Using a Blood Pressure cuff whilst wearing a thick jacket underneath it isn’t ideal for accurate readings… it’s why paramedics often ask you to roll your sleeves up or take your top off to get to your bare arm to take BP.

15k but not every week... who feels it knows it.. stay up brothers..love from Trinidad and Tobago

I think the person who made this video (maybe the narrator?) doesn’t know much about what she’s saying. As far as danger, the welding part isn’t the big factor. It’s delta P, drowning and currents.

Hard to tell a developing country that the things that will bring the country wealth are the wrong things to do

Evidently those divers aren't earning $15,000 a week.

This is false, these men in Indonesia are not earning 15k a week my friend in this field makes 8k a month in Europe doing this, they are earning FAR LESS. Horrible reporting, no idea where they got those numbers.

At 6:46 - he's literally touching the tip of the electrode as he replaces it & no issue (& yes it is still live), even if he touches the tip of the electrode whilst its welding, the chances of death are low as the anode/pile are the grounded to the welding circuit & the current is more likely to still flow directly through them. The danger is if his hand or body touches the anode or pile whilst he is not welding & the electrode is close to shorting through him into the anode or pile closing the welding circuit - just don't ever make personal physical contact with the grounded welding metal. I use to do this type of work & sometimes if the grounding surface is so so, your teeth would vibrate/shatter from the electric current flowing as you weld.

I was an underwater cutter on the Thames Barrier Project in London in the seventies for three years. Now that was black water everything by feel. Insurance stats then reckoned to lose one saturation diver on the North Sea rigs a year, the Thames Barrier - seven, thats how much more dangerous that was. Thankfully no fatalities. I had the best trusted dive team buddies anywhere - Now I'm asked if I hold a Padi certificate 🤣

Kids has no idea that His dad dealing with his own equipment. Shark & other weird animal is not a problem. but Safety equipment is the main concern

My oldest cousin Barry did underwater welding for BP. Years later he retired because he became blind.

Look at the interaction at 8:33. The student is all smiling and excited, and the teacher is very solemn and aware that he could have been killed super easily. wow

There is always a company/employees out there that will do it cheaper just keep working.And push the safety boundaries. Deaths are a added “acceptable” equation into the job summary’s . A lot of people aren’t aware of that.

You would think that the company he’s working for even the government provide him with all the Necessary, safety precautions, especially if they’re high demand and badly needed and to pay for training and everything else you least give him some Assurances and benefits

These companies aren’t held by first world standards. They get paid so much because they don’t live as long, and insurance isn’t necessary. Could you imagine how much the insurance would cost the company in a developed country? They figure it’s cheaper to pay poor people a little more, than a company a ton more.

It is a nice video. Looking forward to similar story about this…

At 6:47 he changes the electrode and just lets it sink to the bottom... Later at 13:35 he says "its not a trash can". The electrode isnt that harmful to the environment etc. but still very ironic.

Commercial and saturation divers are very brave.