Comment on OceanGate’s ill-fated Titan sub relied on a hand-typed Excel spreadsheet
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 days agoWatching some of the hearing, they should be paying attention to how underfunded OSHA is. The agent assigned to one of the whistleblowers had several jobs in front of that case and never got to it before it was dropped. The company was also run on a cult of personality and anyone with any sense either left on their own or were driven out.
WldFyre@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Does this actually fall under OSHA? I have no idea who governs regulations for private submarines lol
But this would also be crazy low priority if it was OSHA, I imagine. The people working on (doing maintenance on) the sub weren’t in danger, right? So just four to five people who sign waivers every few months? Fuck that take a look at some more meat packing factories.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The guy was reporting unsafe working conditions at the workshop the sub was being built at. There have been warnings signs for a long time that were ignored. The hearing’s purpose is to figure out who could have prevented it and have better enforcement in the future.
WldFyre@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Unsafe as in “the sub isn’t safe” or unsafe as in “the people working on the sub while it’s out of the water are in danger”? Not defending the sub dumbasses of course I’m just not sure if the first one falls under OSHA
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Found a clip. And a CNN summary
There’s much more meat to this story, but “hand-typed Excel spreadsheet!” is more relatable to laymen, even if it’s completely irrelevant.