BP had an alarm system that could have saved the lives of those killed in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. The alarm was muted or shut off because it often went off when there was no emergency. So, instead of fixing the alarm system we hear yet another one of BP’s lame brain excuses. The safety of the oil rig workers was not as important as the big bucks.

Oil Rig Workers

Some of the surviving oil rig workers have recently testified that the alarm system was muted, therefore not working, at the time of the awful explosion. Even if muting alarm systems is a common practice on oil rigs it doesn’t justify the fact there was no warning. You have to weigh out the consequences of what the worse case scenario would be if the alarm system was needed at the time it was shut off.

BP’s oil rig workers were also led to believe safety procedures were in place.

But – common sense is not so common.