Some workers even complained about equipment reliability, “which they believed was a result of drilling priorities taking precedence over planned maintenance,” according to the survey.
A second report listed 26 system components on the rig that were in “poor” condition; however, “nearly everyone” on the rig said the tracking system for health and safety issues was “counter productive” because many workers entered fake data.
“Run it, break it, fix it,” said a worker. “That’s how they work.”
A spokesperson for Transocean, Lou Colasuonno, noted that the Deepwater Horizon had seven years without a single incident or major environment event.
The report was conducted by a focus group who interviewed at least 40 Transocean workers.
The second report was produced by four investigators on behalf of Transocean.
