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Safety standards still not adequate 20 years after Piper Alpha, union claims

Jul 5 2008 by Tony McDonough, icNorthWest

The offshore oil industry is still not paying enough attention to safety, two decades after the Piper Alpha disaster which killed 167 workers, a union claims.

Maritime union RMT says that enforcement on safety issues is lax, and that the number of inspectors has fallen by almost 40% since 1994.

It adds that workers risk being told they are “not required back” (NRB) if they raise safety issues.

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