Vol. 1: Scope of enquiry; Piper Alpha; History of events; Initial explosion and escalation; Effects on personnel; Rescue; Causes of loss of and danger to life; Permit work system; Fire-fighting system; Emergency training; Occidental's safety managment; Piper Alpha and Dept of Energy. v. 2: Offshore and onshore safety regimes; Safety asessment; Prevention of incidents causing fires and explosions; Mitigation of incidents; Evacuation, escape and rescue; Future offshore safety regime; Regulatory body; Recommendations
Summary
The Piper Alpha disaster, which remains the worst offshore accident to date, drew the attention of the offshore industry and the regulators to the damage that could arise in the event of an explosion and fire on an offshore platform and triggered many changes that shaped the current offshore regulatory and operating environment