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35: Contractors' supervisors as Performing Authorities

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

Recommendation

While it is not inappropriate for contractors’ supervisors to act as Performing Authorities, operators should be made responsible for ensuring that such supervisors are trained in the permit to work system for the installation where they are to act as Performing Authorities and that they carry documentary proof of having completed such training (para 18.29).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 392
Reference: Recommendation 35

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

Staff training and development Unqualified Staff Deployment Patient safety governance
Recommendation made 35.9 years ago