The terrifying reasons working in the North Sea is considered to be 'the most dangerous job in the w

Several TikTokers say the North Sea, which lies between seven countries, is the location of 'the most dangerous job in the world.'

A video that's amassed nearly 100 million views on TikTok in less than a week shows the North Sea's deadly waves, which can sometimes cause oil rig accidents and be a contributing factor to sleep disorders.

The video includes clips of men working on oil rigs, which are subject to environmental hazards, physical dangers, and long-term health risks, according to Morrow & Sheppard Trial Attorneys.

Each worker in the North Sea must be highly trained and know how to respond quickly to emergencies.

A video posted by @deepseamysteries on TikTok has gotten nearly 100 million views on TikTok in less than a week shows

Men and women have several tasks when working on oil rigs not just in the North Sea, but also throughout large bodies of water worldwide

The waters featured in the video are the North Sea, which is located between the UK, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, France, and German waters

According to the National Whistleblower Center, there are currently 184 rigs in the North Sea alone.

Injuries and fatalities can happen, with 23 deaths and 1,654 injuries caused by more than 4,000 oil rig related accidents from 2012-2020 via the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.

Incidents that can cause the injuries and deaths include malfunctioning equipment, falls, explosions, fires, and exposure to toxic chemicals.

Drowning is also a huge possibility.

Other than physical injuries and fatalities, oil rig workers can also have shift work disorder (SWD).

The disorder is usually caused by work hours during usual sleep periods.

The National Center for Biotechnology Information indicates the main symptoms of the disorder being excessive sleepiness and insomnia temporally associated with the working schedule.

Professionals like Norwegian researcher and professor Siri Waage and Bente Elisabeth Moen had a study published in 2009 involving 103 oil rig workers in the North Sea.

The employees worked 12-hour shifts everyday for each week and were then given four weeks off.

The study concluded that 24 of the men were classified as suffering from SWD and those individuals had poor sleep quality and health complaints during their four weeks off. 

Oil platforms men and women work on can occasionally be considered rigs. The Texeco Tartan A is a platform on a steel jacked fixed to the sea bed

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Although Morrow & Sheppard Trial Attorneys employees recommend workers be highly trained, any from unskilled laborers to professionals can work on a rig

Some rigs, including semi-submersibles, are designed for deep offshore drilling into the ocean that can support heavy machinery

Catastrophic oil rig accidents can occur, two of the worse being in the North Sea.

The North Sea disaster on the Piper Alpha oil platform in the UK claimed the lives of 167 workers on July 6, 1988 due to miscommunication and multiple explosions.

61 workers survived, but the fire took three weeks to control, and it remains the the worst oil rig disaster in history.

Another incident eight years earlier on the Norwegian Alexander L. Kielland drilling rig.

High winds created 12m high waves in the North Sea, which began to destroy the rig and kill 123 of the 212 workers.

Most of the 1980 deaths were from drowning, but during the investigation, it was found out there had already been an undetected crack in one of the structure's leg braces. 

A more recent incident was the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion on April 20, 2010, which killed 11 workers and injured 17 in the Gulf of Mexico. 

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