There is a video circulating the web of Steven L. Newman, CEO of Transocean, performing a dance in Mubai, India, reportedly to celebrate the improved safety record of Transocean's India Division. Who's Transocean? They owned the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and unleashing the environmental disaster we now see growing bigger every day on the news. The Newman Safety Dance is posted on the company's online magazine called Beacon.
Comp Time posted about it last week in their post Transocean's Bollywood Safety Dance and it is also seen on SafetyNewsAlert.com in Do videos shine light on oil drilling company's safety culture? Safety News Alert's post digs a little deeper into the issue that OSHA is currently exploring. They are investigating how far companies will go to provide incentives to employees to hide or cover up injuries or problems in order to improve their safety records. As Fred Hosier reported in his post, OSHA assistant secretary Dr. David Michaels would prefer to see a focus on reducing hazards, not a decline in injuries. Listen to a webcast with Dr. Michaels called "What to do About Safety Incentives."
Perhaps Transocean's CEO should spend less time dancing and more time considering whether or not the company is doing enough to protect workers from injury or death. Do you also wonder what he's doing to prevent or avoid disasters like the one we are witnessing right now?
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