Safety Failings That Have Made the Oil Industry a Risky Business [Scot Region]

Daily Mail › February 19, 2009

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THE lucrative North Sea oil and gas industry has been repeatedly criticised for its lax attitude towards the safety of its workers.

The most devastating loss of life occurred in the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988, when 167 men died in an explosion aboard an oil platform - a tragedy that was later blamed on inadequate maintenance.

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Safety Failings That Have Made the Oil Industry a Risky Business [Scot Region]

By its very nature, the exploration of the sea-bed involves working in extreme and hazard...

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