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82: Life rafts

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

Recommendation

It should be required by regulation that each installation should be provided with life rafts having in the aggregate sufficient capacity to accommodate safely on board at least the number of persons on board the installation; along with suitable ropes to enable those persons to obtain access to the life rafts after they have been launched and deployed (para 20.26).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 397
Reference: Recommendation 82

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 Emergency contingency plans
Recommendation made 35.9 years ago