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8: Safety Case before installation operates

From The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster, published 12 November 1990.

Recommendation

No fixed installation should be established or maintained in controlled waters; and no mobile installation should be brought into those waters with a view to its being stationed there or maintained in those waters unless a Safety Case in respect of that installation has been submitted to and accepted by the regulatory body (para 17.41).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 389
Reference: Recommendation 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.

Source

Inquiry Piper Alpha Inquiry
Report The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster 12 Nov 1990
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Themes and tags

Quality and safety oversight Regulator patient safety alerts
Recommendation made 35.9 years ago