Terrifying Job

[melonman87]

Could have killed someone dropping a bolt? Where is the safety perimeter that should seal off of the area below? And safety lines for their tools? Thats normal work enviroment standards when working in heights. Rednecks.

[unggrabb]

that narrator is a horror

[yellowman88]

Oil rig workers make a shitload of money. 150k easy.

[175yam1]

cool vid 

[BPwhistleblower]

This is the stinkiest and most rudest rig in the GOM! Talk about lack of social skills! It's okay though, this type of rig is being phased out and is the only one left.

[Drecluse]

Call me for the next one!

[halosapien1]

not really you have been in airplanes that go higher up

[raptorman120]

Platform=Production.

Rig=Drilling.

No such thing as a drilling platform or a production rig.

[Pooshooter5k]

The Oil company couldn't afford to buy a new tower? Why are people under the tower when they are working aloft?

[SuperChewylewy]

200 foot fall you die, 1700 foot fall you die. something heavy falls on you, your fucked up or dead. These guys are hard fucks.

[CRsBeem]

Quite a few commenters have balls of steel...from in front of a computer, a full 30 inches above the floor!....without a safety line!

[TheWarbirdPhoenix]

Ha! Looks like i'm not the only one who just came from the "Stairway to Heaven" clip.

"Then disaster happens!!!"

Oh no! The tower collapsed? A beam broke off?

"The rookie drops a bolt!!!"

Did anyone die?!

"No!!!"

You over dramatic tool!!! And turn down that generic mission impossible music.

[2003DOHC]

@TheWarbirdPhoenix Thats the same speaker that comes out on COPS,pisses me off when he over exaggerates.

[Mrlint101]

looks like typical discovery channel documentary=shit

[Zergling29]

Corny as fuck lol.

You know what some people do on a daily basis?

Stand around in a hot ass desert with a KEVLAR tunic and 65 pounds of weaponry and ammunition, risk being shot at/blown up for measly pay and poor living conditions.

[ndchri01]

yall have a ladder, belt your DBI up and climb like some real hands.

[KackAufDieGoldKette]

0:35 the "rookie" looks like a psychopath to me.

[Ryaaaaan808]

so what ur attached to a wire have you seen the repair man who goes ontop of the highest tower in the world he carries a 30 pound bag all the way up no safety lines u panzies :P

[ninjasquirrelsrock]

lol, these guys are at 200 feet WITH safety lines. There's a video where 2 people climb up a 1700 foot transmission tower WITHOUT safety lines.

[Shadowho]

@ninjasquirrelsrock yes and it's scary as hell!!! :O

[ProgressionFilms]

Great, ima  go masturbate now.

[Trancemaster2052]

Looks like Jason will be flipping burgers instead of undoing bolts. 

[killzone10]

Frankly, the "Highest job ever?" looks waaaaay scarier...

[geunsjl]

meh



[whitbyjet65]

I hate modern camerawork with all the manic camera switches & zooms. It pisses me off.

[ScottishNinjAA]

lol scotidh oil indusrty is a lot worste job

[PWD65]

4:55 guy looks like he jizzed in his pants.

[PWD65]

I know it's staged but why would you put your hand on top of your hard hat if a bolt was falling? I'd rather have a head ache after a bolt hitting my hat over a broken hand...

[HeyWingz]

"Luckily no one is hurt" Looks like the one guy was knocked into retardation. He may have been that way before though.

[ahltcal]

"That wasnt suppose to happend"

[sw1000xg]

200 feet??? I seen a vid with 2 guys climbing 1700 feet!!!

[joshuaw33]

@sw1000xg 80 feet or 1700 feet, your dead either way. 1700' Towers have elevators that take you up most of the way. Climb up 200' and hang from a mount 10' away from the tower.

[candle303]

@sw1000xg i see a vid is 3 guys

[FearLegitimatEbF]

@sw1000xg Stairway to heaven?

[MotoHarmer]

If I was up there I would S**t myself

[Xodoz23]

lol I know that guy! he's no rookie. There was no bolt dropping :P Also there was no lucky bandanna. Also if you look he's on the ground running from the bolt he "dropped"

[tabitunes]

@Xodoz23 I know him to. He was a rig builder long before that. They staged the bolt dropping to make it interesting. Its called movie magic.

[bigsteeljoey]

lol its only 200feet. what i dont understand is why they use chains instead of nylon slings to pick the steel beams? lol fukin rookie, droppin shit.

[BeeFittyTwooz]

The rookie looks like Michael McDonald, i instantly thought it was a MAD TV sketch.

[tallica1988]

Hitting water from that height is like hitting concrete.

[theman4130]

Fuck! I'll do it!

[waller2476]

ill do it

[microbot23]

wtf is this?

[VanHausen12345]

its not dangerous, cant they just jump in the water if they are falling?

[Shawkins49]

@VanHausen12345 Seriously?

[VanHausen12345]

@Shawkins49 yeah seriously 

[Shawkins49]

@VanHausen12345 Anything near or over 100 feet is deadly.

[VanHausen12345]

@Shawkins49 it depends on what it is

[Shawkins49]

@VanHausen12345 .......................

[Shawkins49]

@Shawkins49 ...............

[DonSimonUK]

@VanHausen12345 Nope, hitting water from those heights is like hitting concrete.

[VanHausen12345]

@DonSimonUK Really? I sometimes go with some friend to jump off high cliffs and i dont feel anything , hmm maybe

[VanHausen12345]

@DonSimonUK Really? I sometimes go with some friend to jump off high cliffs and i dont feel anything , hmm maybe

[DonSimonUK]

@VanHausen12345 But surely that's not as high as these guys are at? There must be some other explanation to it if it's not that, but you certainly do think it is safer to jump into water rather than onto solid ground.

[VanHausen12345]

@DonSimonUK Hmm i dont know, if they know how to hit the water then it will be safe , if not then it will hurt like hell

[DonSimonUK]

@DonSimonUK lol, yup, a belly flop from that height won't be pretty!

[THEMANIAC111]

200 feat is NOTHING!!! People climb 1700 feet on transmition towers!

[Westread55]

My comment was directed at the silly contrived video (dramatic music, cliche voice-over, quick editing etc) not the fact that this is dangerous work that folk actually do on a daily basis.

[pokechop26]

@acavideo We always put our trash in the trash bags to send to shore. We did PISS over the side everyday. Good for the fish.

[CYLing90]

Stimulating work。。 i like it..

safety and health officer is qk boring fr me..

[bkxnyxmxx]

they guy jus got slap with that iron thing and the NARRATOR says that wasent suppose to happened lmfao0o0

[agentcalvera]

$110 dollars an hour? I earn £110 a day climbing trees, this job looks great too! I'm baffled as to why people need to cluster around the base of the tower, something is bound to get dropped, especially wearing those thick gloves.

[313bruce]

LOL IM NAME IS DEREK

[wisertym]

Type in "crane fun" in the search bar. More crazy video of heights. You couldn't pay me enough!!!!

[s2who]

8:02 theres a nut and bolt just sitting on top of the girt...silly and dangerous

[Rangerbelt]

Jason is getting a good initiation. Hope he does not crap his pants. lol

[Workmule4ever2day]

Lucky bandanna? Ripped bag? Hey man I will take this job, I have Iron experience as well as several years of rigging for heavy crane loads. I own and operate RB Excavation & Demolition, we specialize in gaffed tree removal and fear only "lucky bandanna" types. I will take on this challenge safely and smile.

RustyBucketsExcavation@yahoo.c­om Anytime!

[whiskymarko]

im sorry but the 5:06 face is funny:D

[evymo1]

how much do these guys make?

[twizy123]

"and to make it more complicated, we're bringing in a full camera crew"

[PigsCanFly99]

I could envision safety nuts and bolts .. they've got a polymeric ribbon attached to each one - a leader. These ya'll hook-on something - either that or some kind of netting or magnetic arrangement - you're bound to get fumble-fingers happening. Anybody caught within 30 meters of the rig should be dismissed .. not the guys at the top. Anybody at the bottom has to be under a protective, I-beam-resistant, dropped-bolt proof canopy. Anything less is an Occupational Safety FAIL.

[vonkiser]

Fuck you man I have done some crazy shit but aint comin ANYWHERE NEAR that one.

[JessePavlovic10]

wat is thatt the bp rig holy shit halarious

[ROTZGOERE11]

What does the speaker say at 0:34 - 0:37? "And if that's not bad enough they've got a ...rookie?... on the team." Is this the crazy one in the work team. The caspar? Doing the most dangerous things?

[dixievfd55]

@ROTZGOERE11 A rookie can be dangerous to any team.

[Westread55]

Typical silly vid of professionals doing a daily job.

Rubbish background music to make it more dramatic, cliche over-the-top commentary, MTV quick editing to further highten what is in fact a mundane job.

Who are the producers of this nonsense and who do they think they are kidding.

[G0FlyAKite1]

@Westread55

Thumbs up!

That's part of brainwashing. Which is what a TV does.

[pokechop26]

@Westread55 I was there on this oilrig working with these men during tear down and build up. The commentary is a bit much and dramatic but that is for the entertainment purpose for the general public and ratings. The work is Very Real and not nonsence at all. Think about all of us the next time you slide that gas nozzle in your car. Remember who got it there for you.

[hyosyd]

@Westread55 i know exactly what you mean, these effects can make my shit look interesting: zoom in and out quickly while rotating the camera, 'check out this turd, it needs to be flushed, but theres a problem.....theres a blockage in the U-bend' HEAVY METAL MUSIC

[BOIZADAS]

@Westread55 I love you



[webtweakers]

@Westread55 you just described 99% of the stuff that's on TV nowadays - which is why i don't bother with it anymore, at all.

[Westread55]

Typical silly vid of professionals doing a daily job.

Rubbish background music to make it more dramatic, cliche over-the-top commentary, MTV quick editing to further highten what is in fact a mundane job.

Who are the producers of this nonsense and who do they think they are kidding.

[MrRebel0109]

my dad is david ammons. ill start with the first guy. no one cares about how much you make or how dangerous your job is. thats not what this tv show was about. perhaps thats why the discovey channel didnt come make a show on your job. however maybe you could get a job rig builin and see how well your cut out for this work. and for the next guy. jiggle the camera? yes this was filmed by filmaker but they didnt film in the derrick. the cameras were strapped to the derrick builders hard hats so

[pokechop26]

@MrRebel0109 Tell your dad PokeChop says hello!

[DigitalxxxScream]

lol,look at dudes face at 5:10

[pokechop26]

@DigitalxxxScream We had cameras on our hardhats and with the wind blowing so hard we really couldn't keep it from jiggling. Sorry we will try to do better next time.

[britdemo]

why oh why is everything in america, over the top or life and death.......i have dismantles loads of towers, light towers and chimpnys in this way for the firm i work for and we havnt even come close to death or anything

[dandrew953]

Such Shitty quality, its like these guys couldnt stop moving the camera around..... ROFL JK.

[justfoo2006]

@dandrew953 it's just like the action movies of today jiggle the camera to make it look like there is more action than there really is. No need for good cinematics, just jiggle the camera! haha

[pokechop26]

@justfoo2006 We had cameras on our hardhats and with the wind blowing so hard we really couldn't keep it from jiggling. Sorry we will try to do better next time.

[justfoo2006]

@pokechop26

Sorry pokechop26, I didnt mean to sound so critical, I should have realized how windy it must have been up there. :)

[OPOCHKA]

Pity about the stupid video over-dramatics and the disturbing dog-crap " music ".

Is this supposed to make it all a bit more exciting for the viewer ?

You can rely on lard-ass american tv and film productions for this type of shit.

Would have been much more interesting and intelligently managed with a british film documentary crew.

Anyway...... I watched it to the end ......hoping someone would fall off.

[Kesantula]

For anybody that knows anything about this type of work, you all know what cowboys these guys are. And for those of you who have commented saying, I walk the beams and not sit on my arse... blah blah blah... get your head out of your own arse will ya. Also, typical American narration over the video, building it up to make it sound 1,000 times worse, with the set up scenarios.

For the sensible serious people who work in this industry, you all know what it's really like. Keep up the good work.

[mgfaxlad]

@Kesantula I agree that the narration is overly dramatic but that's what the show calls for, but how is it 'typical American' narration? Wouldn't a British or Australian narrator have hyped it up, too?

[kosovanwhizkid]

are they attached or not?

[camboz1]

Of course they are

[LFSvidMan]

Fuck me sideways, and here I was thinking I am the manly man... working on oil tankers isn't even close to this! These guys must have detachable balls, cause they should be so big that the winch wouldn't be able to get them to the top!

[ElProfGringo]

@LFSvidMan On oil tankers... Cool! What's your rating? Deck or engine?

Just wondering.

[LFSvidMan]

@ElProfGringo Engine, Motorman. Just started the career a few years ago...

[ElProfGringo]

@LFSvidMan

Awesome!

I have been on bulkers and supply boats, but never tankers

[TwoEyeCyclops]

OMG SOO FUCKING LOUD

[alimakjames]

dont worry, it always looks worse from the outside looking in. Be happy, your man is learning a job that not a lot of people want, or can do... that is job security. (if hes any good.... if hes not, you get insurance)

[kentzenarve]

omg, now im very worried of my fiancee working at the north sea platform in norway as a scaffolder.... i hope he wil b always safety..im pregnant of out first bb boy nw...but im worried of what i hav seen on this vid..

[frombelair]

where do I not apply for this type of job?

[spudsbuckley]

what trade are do these hillbillies belong to? The can't be Union, by the looks of 'em.

Union Ironworkers do this every day, except higher, faster, smarter, and windier. And I'll tell you what; we walk the iron, we don't scoot around on our asses like snails and hold each other's hands!

I guess when you're miles offshore, you can get away with being unprofessional and dangerous

[pokechop26]

@spudsbuckley Try it with the wind blowing 20 plus and the rig rocking back and forth. I was there. They are a great group of guys and not hillbillies. They got that derrick completely down in 2 days. With 3 guys working 12 hour shifts. We don't need a union.

[Joeysper]

Respect!

[BeatboxKingS]

4:44

"That wasnt supposed to happen!!"

Haha

[BeatboxKingS]

I meant 4:54

[billbejina]

to hell with the oilfield and all the drugs that are associated with it

[openacanofwopass]

@billbejina

What world we live of then? Put everybody behind a desk?

You think all oilworkers are taking drungs? What a narrow mind u have..

[towerman420]

i am a tower foreman and love my job more then anything. its the brotherhood of the high steel

[jmr1068204]

What a stupid job. It's senseless to make anyone have to do this when there are cranes. I'm sure they could fit a very large crane on a large ship and dismantle it that way. It'd be a lot safer than this way...

[trevorfarren]

Well I happen to be a communications tower worker, and I can tell you that most of the time, a crane would be far, far more dangerous. Now let's talk cost: a 300' crane costs about $10,000 for setup and tear down and one hour of work and needs 3 trucks and a day to setup.... Time for me to climb said tower: 45 minutes @ $110 per hour....

 I also am more worried about cranes striking the tower and killing us all...You wanna pay for that?

[ElProfGringo]

@trevorfarren Cost for the largest deep-water drill ships are $500,000 US per DAY. I don't think there's anything else that even comes close.

[openacanofwopass]

there are no cranes hight enough to dismantle it.. Those cranes can ONLY be used i really calm water, and this is offshore, so it it would be suicide....

[snertli]

The whole System reminds me a bit on Middelage. Why they don't build the whole Derrick in 4 or 5 Sements and dismantle it by Swimmingcrane ? I care about the god Guys !

zzzz.

[openacanofwopass]

offshore u need to use as little space as possible for as much as possible. A swing crane would take way to much space i'm afraid..

[calientote1]

where do i apply for this type of jobs?

[bisexualbuffthug]

Screw this type of work!! The owners don't have to risk life and limb. They busting their butts for the luxury of greedy millionaires!!

[stone8675309]

@bisexualbuffthug some people just are not the 9 to 5 type.

[godbod007]

This looks peacefull, all that iron and a 360' view of the ocean. Awesome!

[yfwphoto]

balls of steel

[deanstradgedy]

hell yea! i love my job offshore!

[TheAussiNut]

wowo i been 30 foot up walking along metel trusses lucking tool but no way knowing would i do this i was shitting bricks at 30 foot ffs

[ColdDish1]

@TheAussiNut I was shitting bricks just watching this

[remoman]

"luckily no one is hurt" the guy at 5:10 looks like he is hurting to me!!

[munkfish101]

thats the job for me!! Sign me up!

[cashpanache]

fuck that