BP oil rig workers feared reprisals if they reported mistakes or other problems!

Workers on Doomed Rig Voiced Concern About Safety

U.S. Coast Guard, via Associated Press

Fireboats battled the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon on April 21, a day after it exploded.

WASHINGTON — A confidential survey of workers on the Deepwater Horizon in the weeks before the oil rig exploded showed that many of them were concerned about safety practices and feared reprisals if they reported mistakes or other problems.