Hit 3,000 yards of pipeline dredged last month and I'm not sure it's a good thing

I been running a cutter suction rig up near the Columbia River mouth and hit 3,000 linear yards of pipeline dredged last month. Most guys would brag about that, but I think it shows we're pushing too hard and cutting corners on inspection time. We had a seal blow out on day 28 because nobody caught the wear pattern early. Anyone else feel like production numbers make us skip the important checks?

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patricia_hill609d agoMost Upvoted

Did you have enough inspectors on that shift?

henry1509d ago

Three of them called in sick that morning, so we were running with four instead of the usual six. Honestly, you can cut corners on a lot of things in this job, but inspection staffing isn't one of them. I've seen a whole shipment get flagged because we were rushing through checks just to keep up. Better to push the schedule back an hour or two than to let things slip through, right?

jessica3319d agoMost Upvoted

That thing about rushing through checks really hit home... we had a similar problem at my old warehouse job with the shipping team. One time we were trying to beat the clock on a big order and the guy on the forklift didn't notice a pallet was stacked crooked, whole thing tipped over in the truck. Took us three hours to clean up and repack. It's like you think you're saving time but you're really just making a bigger mess for yourself later.