Recommendation 2: Objectives the Safety Case must demonstrate
From The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster, published 12 November 1990.
Recommendation
The Safety Case should demonstrate that certain objectives have been met, including the following:- (i) that the safety management system of the company (SMS) and that of the installation are adequate to ensure that (a) the design and (b) the operation of the installation and its equipment are safe (paras 17.36 and 21.56-57); (ii) that the potential major hazards of the installation and the risks to personnel thereon have been identified and appropriate controls provided (para 17.37); and (iii) that adequate provision is made for ensuring, in the event of a major emergency affecting the installation (a) a Temporary Safe Refuge (TSR) for personnel on the installation; and (b) their safe and full evacuation, escape and rescue (paras 17.37-38, 19.109, 19.157 and 20.8).
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.