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81: Free-fall TEMPSC

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

Recommendation

Reg 5 of the Life-Saving Appliances Regulations should be amended or replaced so as to enable free-fall TEMPSC to be installed on new and existing installations. It should remain for the operator to justify its choice of TEMPSC as being appropriate in the particular conditions of its installation (para 20.24).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 397
Reference: Recommendation 81

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

Public Infrastructure Physical Hazards Quality and safety oversight
Recommendation made 35.9 years ago