The 1988 Piper Alpha Oil Platform Disaster: Background, Risk Assessment and Analysis
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This is a 6 page paper discussing the background of the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster, risk assessment and analysis. The Piper Alpha oil platform disaster which resulted in 167 deaths in 1988 became the center of several safety and risk assessment inquiries and analyses. Several systems on board the platform had failed which included mechanical, communication and safety measures which if operating properly could have lessened the disaster considerably. Since that time, oil companies, insurance companies, investors and workers have all had to make their own risk assessments in regards to continuation of the production of oil from off-shore platforms.
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