Alpha Piper Platform Disaster Case Study
1. SUMMARY
This project is carried out to identify health and safety issues in an oil and gas disaster. The purpose is to analyse what happened and lessons learnt. The case study that will be investigated is the Alpha Piper Platform disaster.
In today’s competitive world, companies need safe and dependable workplaces for the wellbeing of employees, people in the community and the environment. A risk assessment must be carried out to keep everyone in the workplace safe and healthy. Risk assessment is used to document, identify and reduce hazards in the workplace.
BACKGROUND - PIPER APHA PLATFORM
The piper alpha platform disaster took place in 1988, where the risk assessment in the oil and gas industry was not as advanced as today. Risk …show more content…
Act 1974
• Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005
• Offshore Installations and Wells (Design & Construction etc.) Regulations 1996
• Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire & Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995
• Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995 4.2 HSEQ COMMON PRINCIPLES It is fundamentally important for the people in the workplace to safe and in protected environment. Following the Piper Alpha disaster, a public inquiry conducted by Lord Cullen led to sweeping changes to how we should deal with health and safety in the oil and gas industry (Mace et al., 2017). The inquiry resulted in dramatic changes in the offshore industry regarding safety management, regulations and training.
Such ground rules are essential for ensuring the safety of people in the workplace. This research project investigated the importance of the following health and safety points in the Piper Alpha disaster:
• Health, safety and …show more content…
They need strong protection against all these potential perils, and to be able to comfortably work in their protective apparel for their entire shift. These according to (McCarter, 2014) all workers in the oil and gas industry who operate on or near oil rig to wear and be equipped with flowing at all time:
• Fame-resistant clothing
• steel-tone boots
• hard hats
• safety glasses
CONCLUSION
What we learnt from the tragedy disaster, there remains a huge focus on ensuring engineers recognise the need for safety on their structures.
The public inquiry led by lord Cullen concluded in the publication of a report in 1990. The report made 106 recommendations, aimed at reducing the risk to people working in oil and gas
This project is carried out to identify health and safety issues in an oil and gas disaster. The purpose is to analyse what happened and lessons learnt. The case study that will be investigated is the Alpha Piper Platform disaster.
In today’s competitive world, companies need safe and dependable workplaces for the wellbeing of employees, people in the community and the environment. A risk assessment must be carried out to keep everyone in the workplace safe and healthy. Risk assessment is used to document, identify and reduce hazards in the workplace.
BACKGROUND - PIPER APHA PLATFORM
The piper alpha platform disaster took place in 1988, where the risk assessment in the oil and gas industry was not as advanced as today. Risk …show more content…
Act 1974
• Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005
• Offshore Installations and Wells (Design & Construction etc.) Regulations 1996
• Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire & Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995
• Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995 4.2 HSEQ COMMON PRINCIPLES It is fundamentally important for the people in the workplace to safe and in protected environment. Following the Piper Alpha disaster, a public inquiry conducted by Lord Cullen led to sweeping changes to how we should deal with health and safety in the oil and gas industry (Mace et al., 2017). The inquiry resulted in dramatic changes in the offshore industry regarding safety management, regulations and training.
Such ground rules are essential for ensuring the safety of people in the workplace. This research project investigated the importance of the following health and safety points in the Piper Alpha disaster:
• Health, safety and …show more content…
They need strong protection against all these potential perils, and to be able to comfortably work in their protective apparel for their entire shift. These according to (McCarter, 2014) all workers in the oil and gas industry who operate on or near oil rig to wear and be equipped with flowing at all time:
• Fame-resistant clothing
• steel-tone boots
• hard hats
• safety glasses
CONCLUSION
What we learnt from the tragedy disaster, there remains a huge focus on ensuring engineers recognise the need for safety on their structures.
The public inquiry led by lord Cullen concluded in the publication of a report in 1990. The report made 106 recommendations, aimed at reducing the risk to people working in oil and gas