Government response
Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery
No statement from the addressee found
Recommendation 86: Survival suits and life-jackets
From The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster, published 12 November 1990.
Recommendation
The use of small transmitters or detectors on life-jackets in order to assist in the finding of personnel in the dark should be considered. Luminescent strips should be of a colour other than orange (paras 20.33-34).
Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 398
Reference: Recommendation 86
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
Recommendation made
35.9 years ago