Piper Alpha
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Created on December 14, 2021
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The biggest disaster in the North Sea
Piper Alpha
Scotland
Developed country 6% of the workers are industry workers
Piper Alpha
The North Sea Aberdeen, Scotland
MAP
10% of North Sea oil and gas production
Oil and gas platform
Begin production in 1976
What happend ?
Series of exploisions and fires : 10pm : First explosion - followed by many smaller explosions The evacuation was impossible
What happend ?
Series of exploisions and fires : 10:20pm : Second explosion - generated intense heat - release gas flowing
What happend ?
Series of exploisions and fires : 11:20pm : The platform collapses 3 weeks for the fires to be extinguished
167 people died : 109 : smoke inhalation 13 : drowning 11 : burn injuries 4 : unidentified causes 30 : never recovered Only 61 survived
3.4 billion USD of damages
1988 : Investigation has been opened :
- lack of firewalls
- the design of the platform.
- the information of the emergency service
the "Piper Alpha Families and Survivors'" Association
Professor David Alexander Almost all of them reported psychological problems
1991 : a memorial sculpture in Hazlehead Park, Aberdeen.
2013 : The Night That Changed Our Lives was released A three-day conference