Hacker NewsNov 7
Lose weight or lose your jobs, offshore workers told
L: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx274xp00zxo
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45848360
posted on 2025.11.07 at 11:53:52 (c=0, p=3)
Lose weight or lose your jobs, offshore workers told

Thousands of offshore workers are too heavy for the limitations of helicopter winch systems.

Show threadKevin Karhan 
@hkrn #Japan already has #corporate #FatShaming for decades...
Nov 9 at 7:20amWeb
Show threadFrank HeijkampNov 9
@kkarhan This doesn't seem to be fat shaming because of the shaming. The reasons behind it are technical. It is a safety issue when you can't lift a person up into a helicopter in case of an emergency. Sound totally legit to me.
@hkrn
Show threadKevin Karhan Nov 9
@alterelefant @hkrn I mean in Japan employers get penalties if their employees have too high BMI...
Show threadFrank HeijkampNov 9

@kkarhan Wow, ok, in that way. I thought it was the other way around.

Now I don't know which of the two is more shocking? Very interesting.
@hkrn