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Author
Cullen, W. D.
Title
Public Inquiry Into the Piper Alpha Disaster. Volume 1.
Coporate
Piper Alpha Inquiry Office, Edinburgh, Scotland
Report
VOLUME 1; Chapter 1 through Chapter 15
November 1990
254 p.
Distribution
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: HMSO Publications Centre (mail and telephone orders only), P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT. Telephone orders: 071-873-9090, General enquiries: 071-873-0011
Keywords
offshore platforms | disasters | explosions | rescue | fire fighting | training | emergencies | evacuation | escape means | death | oilwell fires | extinguishment
Identifiers
Piper Alpha, North Sea, July 6, 1988; scope of the inquiry; general history of events; initial explosion; escalation of the disaster; effects of events on personnel; causes of loss of and danger to life; permit to work system and shift handovers; operability of the fire-fighting system; occidentals management of safety; Piper Alpha and the Department of energy