23 Years Ago

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As usual there has been no media coverage of this.

23 years ago on the 6th of July 1988 167 Men lost their lives on the Piper Alpha.
As an offshore worker myself would just like to say R.I.P. lads gone but never forgotten.

Lets just hope this kind of disaster never happens again.


Fatalities 167

Robert Adams, 39, employed as a rigger.
George Anderson, 45, employed as a baker.
Ian Anderson, 29, employed as a dual service operator.
John Anderson, 33, employed as a catering manager
Mark Ashton, 19, employed as a trainee technician
Barry Barber, 46, employed as a diving superintendent
Craig Barclay, 24, employed as a welder.
Amabile-Jim-Borg, 51, employed as an NDT technician
Eric Brianchon, 32, from France. Employed as a technician.
Hugh Briston, 40, employed as a scaffolder.
Henry Brown, 39, employed as a welder
Stephen Brown, 27, employed as a assistant chef/baker.
Gordon Bruce, 52, employed as a helicopter landing officer.
James Bruce, 42, employed as a logger.
Carl Busse, 31, from Navasota, Texas, USA.
David Campbell, 23, employed as a cleaner.
David A. Campbell, 29, employed as a scaffolder.
Alexander Cargill, 39, employed as an electrician.
Alan Carter, 43, employed as a lead production operator.
Robert Cleland, 33, employed as a derrickman.
Stephen Cole, 40, employed as a radio operator.
Hugh Connor, 35, employed as an instrument technician.
Bill Coutts, 37, employed as a chef.
William Cowie, 32, employed as a steward.
Michael Cox, 26, employed as a scaffolder.
Alan Cradock, 31, employed as a drilling supervisor.
Edward Crowden, 47, employed as an electrical supervisor.
Bernard Curtis, 45, employed as a deputy production spntd .
Jose Da Silva, 26, employed as a steward.
John Dawson, 38, employed as a telecom engineer.
Eric Deverell, 51, employed as a production clerk.
Alexander Duncan, 51, employed as a floorman.
Charles Duncan, 29, employed as a floorman by Bawden
Eric Duncan, 49, employed as a deputy production superintendent.
John Duncan, 33, employed as an engineer.
Thomas Duncan, 39, employed as a roustabout.
William Duncan, 38, employed as a crane operator.
David Ellis, 28, employed as a steward.
Douglas Findlay, 38, employed as a supervisor mechanic.
Harry Flook, 51, employed as a production operator.
George Fowler, 40, employed as an electrical technician.
Alex Frew, 41, employed as a plater.
Samuel Gallacher, 30, employed as a pipe fitter.
Miguel Galvez-Estevez, 36, employed as an assistant chef.
Ernie Gibson, 45, employed as a mud engineer.
Albert Gill, 32, employed as a roustabout.
Kevin Gilligan, 35, employed as a steward.
Shaun Glendinning, 24, employed as a painter.
Stephen Goodwin, 22, employed as a geologist.
Peter Grant, 31, employed as a production operator.
Cyril Gray, 49, employed as a safety officer.
Michael Groves, 44, employed as a production operator.
John Hackett, 49, employed as an electrical technician,
Ian Hay, 31, employed as a steward.
Thomas Hayes, 39, employed as
James Heggie, 45, employed as a production superintendent.
David Henderson, 28, employed as a lead floorman by Bawden
Phillip Houston, 35, employed as a geologist.
Duncan Jennings, 28, employed as a geologist.
Christopher Kavanagh, 49, employed as a plater.
William Kelly, 43, employed as an electrical technician.
Ian Killington, 33, employed as a steward.
Brian Kirby, 51, employed as a production operator.
Stuart Knox, 37, employed as a roustabout.
Terrence Largue, 34, employed as a scaffolder.
Graham Lawrie, 39, employed as a roustabout
Brian Lithgow, 34, employed as a photographic technician
Robert Littlejohn, 29, employed as a pipe fitter.
Martin Longstaffe, 22, employed as a logger.
Sidney McBoyle, 36, employed as a motorman.
Robert McCall, 39, employed as a chief electrician.
James McCulloch, 51, employed as a technician.
Alistair McDonald, 33, employed as a mechanical technician.
Thomas McEwan, 38, employed as an electrical chargehand.
William McGregor, 48, employed as a leading steward.
William McIntosh, 24, employed as a floorman.
Gordon McKay, 33, employed as a valve technician.
Charles McLaughlin, 46, employed as an electrician.
Neil McLeod, 47, employed as a quality assurance inspector.
Francis McPake, 49, employed as a steel erector/rigger.
David McWhinnie, 36, employed as a production operator.
Dugald McWilliams, 31, employed as a welder.
Raymond Mahoney, 60, employed as a steward
John Martin, 33, employed as a rigger.
Carl Mearns, 20, employed as a rigger.
Derek Millar, 32, employed as a supervisor.
Alan Miller, 31, employed as an industrial chemist
Frank miller, 33, employed as a scaffolder
Les Morris, 38, employed as platform superintendent.
Bruce Munro, 29, employed as a floorman.
George Murray, 37, employed as a steward.
James Niven, 27, employed as a roustabout.
Graham Noble, 37, employed as a materials man.
Michael O'Shea, 30, employed as an electrician.
Ian Piper, 38, employed as a motorman.
Wasyl Pochrybniak, 37, employed as a lead roustabout.
Neil Pyman, 32, employed as an engineer.
Terence Quinn, 28, employed as a service engineer.
William Raeburn, 38, employed as a maintenance controller.
Donald Reid, 44, employed as a chargehand engineer.
Robert Reid, 27, employed as a roustabout.
Alan Riddoch, 44, employed as a steward.
Adrian Roberts, 28, employed as a roughneck.
Alexander Robertson, 50, employed as a lead production op.
Donald Robertson, 54, employed as a mechanical technician.
Gary Ross, 29, employed as a roustabout.
Michael Ryan, 23, employed as a roustabout.
Stanley Sangster, 56, employed as a foreman scaffolder.
James Savage, 41, employed as an electrical technician.
Michael Scorgie, 28, employed as a lead foreman.
Bill Scorgie, 46, employed as a pipe fitter.
Colin Seaton, 51, OIM
Robert Selbie, 32, employed as a turbo drill engineer.
Michael Serink, 26, employed as a logger.
Michael Short, 41, employed as a foreman rigger.
Richard Skinner, 41, employed as a assistant driller.
William Smith, 43, employed as a maintenance lead hand.
Kenneth Stephenson, 37, employed as a rigger.
Thomas Stirling, 27, employed as a cleaner.
James Stott, 40, employed as a plumber.
Jurgen Stwerka, 36, employed as a research chemist.
Alexander Taylor, 57, employed as a roustabout by Wood Group.
Alastair Thompson, 45, employed as a telecom engineer.
John Wakefield, 35, employed as an instrument technician.
Michael Walker, 24, employed as a technician.
Bryan Ward, 48, employed as a rigger.
Gareth Watkin, 42, employed as an offshore medical attendant.
Alexander Whibley, 28, employed as a roustabout.
Kevan White, 42, employed as a maintenance supervisor.
Robert Whiteley, 39, employed as a roustabout.
Graham whyte, 42, employed as a rigger.
James Whyte, 53, employed as a rigger.
Alan Wicks, 40, employed as a safety supervisor.
Paul Williamson, 24, employed as a floorman by Bawden
David Wiser, 65, employed as a technician.

Crew from the FRC Sandhaven
Brian Batchelor, 44, employed as a seaman.
Malcom Storey, 38, employed as a seaman.

Those not recovered

Wilson Bain, 34, employed as a valve technician.
Alan Barr, 37, employed as an electrical technician.
Hugh Brackenridge, 47, employed as a roustabout.
Sandy Bremner, 38, employed as a production operator.
Robert Carroll, 34, employed as a safety operator.
John Cooke, 59, employed as a plater.
John Cooper, 37, employed as an instrument technician.
Ian Gillanders, 50, employed as an instrument pipe fitter.
John Goldthorp, 37, employed as a motorman.
James Gordon, 38, employed as a floorman by Bawden
David Gorman, 41, employed as a safety operator.
Kenneth Graham, 40, employed as a mechanical technician.
Harold Green, 44, employed as a rigger.
Jeffrey Jones, 37, employed as an assistant driller by Bawden
Alex Laing, 38, employed as a steward.
Findlay Leggat, 37, employed as a scaffolder.
Alexander McElwee, 45, employed as a plater.
Frederick McGurk, 51, employed as a rigger.
John Molloy, 32, employed as an engineer.
Robert Pearston, 25, employed as a mechanic.
Raymond Price, 59, employed as a production operator.
Gordon Rennie, 52, employed as a process operator.
Robert Richard, 45, employed as a production operator.
John Scott, 26, employed as a scaffolder.
James Speirs, 42, employed as a mechanical technician.
Stuart Sutherland, 21, employed as a student/cleaner.
Terence Sutton, 28, employed as a mechanical fitter.
Robert Vernon, 51, employed as a production operator.
Frank Watson, 38, employed as a head chef.
John Woodcock, 29, employed as a technical clerk.


MAY WE NEVER, EVER FORGET, for as long as life goes on........
 
Indeed, a tragic accident and a reminder to all in such industries that no matter what the cost, human life is above all and should always be safeguarded by proper risk management.

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My god I had no idea the number of fatalities. :icon_sad: I remember the coverage but wasn't even a teenager then so didn't pay enough attention to what actually happened. I think Boab is right though, it is likely that there will be coverage of this on the 25th anniversary.
 
This tragedy kind of puts the oil spillage in the gulf into perspective perhaps. I well recall the apalling scenes shown in the news media at the time.

JohnnyO.
 
Pig Cat said:
My god I had no idea the number of fatalities. :icon_sad: I remember the coverage but wasn't even a teenager then so didn't pay enough attention to what actually happened. I think Boab is right though, it is likely that there will be coverage of this on the 25th anniversary.
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I too recall it, though I was just short of my eight birthday at the time. RIP to all those lost that day.
 
I remember this being on the news, sitting up late with my dad watching it on TV, i was 13 at the time.

i never knew there was so many lost ! .....................

"RIP GENTLEMAN"

Steve
 
I remember it well, my father in law at the time had been on PA a month before it happened.

RIP.

Did anyone notice the difference in how the aftermath was handled compared to the recent Macondo incident in the GOM?
 
Although the Cullen Report from the Piper Alpha brought about many safety changes to the offshore industry you would be surprised that this has not happened again especially in the UK. The major operators(not naming any names) cut back on personnel and critical maintenance a few years ago and the amount of incidents that the public do not hear about is very scary.

Well having been offshore for 16 years now and the last 4.5 working in Norway I can see the difference between the UK sector and the Norwegian sector over here in Norway they spend on personnel and maintenance and even the old platforms here in Norway are well looked after.

We have a saying offshore we all want to go home the same way as we came out and sadly for the 167 men on Piper Alpha this never happened.
 
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