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Piper Alpha Inquiry · The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster · Issued 12 November 1990
Government responseNot tracked (historical inquiry)
DeliveryNo statement from the addressee found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, Recommendation 3
The SMS should be in respect of (a) the design (both conceptual and detailed) of the operator’s installations; and (b) the procedures (both operational and emergency) of those installations. In the case of existing installations the SMS in respect of design should be directed to its review and upgrading so far as that is reasonably practicable (para 21.56). The SMS should set out the safety objectives, the system by which these objectives are to be achieved, the performance standards which are to be met and the means by which adherence to these standards is to be monitored (para 21.56). It should draw on quality assurance principles similar to those stated in BS 5750 and ISO 9000 (para 21.58).
Piper Alpha Inquiry, The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster · 12 Nov 1990 Source PDF, page 388 →
Government response
●No formal government response recorded
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Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.
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