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

Underwater Welders are about 40 times more likely to die on the job than the average worker in the US. But they are the reason bridges and piers keep standing across the world. We followed welders in Indonesia who dive with minimal protection in polluted waters to build piers for petrochemical plants that are booming across the country.

00:00 - Introduction
01:17 - Why Underwater Welders Are Essential In Indonesia
03:12 - The Risks Of Welding Underwater
4:58 - How Underwater Welding Works
07:02 - How Divers Protect Themselves
09:16 - Petrochemicals Fueling Oil Demand
10:18 - The Pollution Problem
11:53 - Petrochemical Plants And Indonesia’s Economy
13:52 - Credits

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[SJokes]

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

[emptymannull]

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

[onarampage]

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.

[cmputer]

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.

[OfficialSamuelC]

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.

[uhfgrzz]

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

[markedis]

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

[_ata_]

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

[Badgergoose]

My dad worked with a guy in the late 80's who was a deep sea welder.... for literally a single day. Went down on his first job with the "Vet", 40 mins in a pipe busted opened and pulled the vet in, never saw him again. That guy quit as soon as he surfaced.

[Max-hubz]

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.

[sailingxtremeadventures]

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 🤣

[FinalStandChannel]

Wait what? His wife died a week earlier with 4 kids? Oh my God how are they even doing this interview?

[kdubs]

Friend in Maine used to do this. He was a deep-sea welder and used something that looked like a hard-shell space suit with robotic arms. Anyway, an accident occurred and he had to surface very quickly. Got the benz and bad things happened. He was in a decompression chamber for a long time and is now permanently disabled, only about 30 or so years old. Walks slowly with a cane and is on permanent disability, but at least he survived.

[liljoe]

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

[draincctv]

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.

[Lisa-zqjd]

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.

[nigelkhan]

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

[mediumsmoke]

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.

[luckylou]

No underwater welder will die as long as a cameraman is down there filming them

[melodyparra]

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