A survivor of the Piper Alpha disaster has closed a major conference by issuing a “call to arms” to the industry to meet safety challenges.
Steve Rae ended the Safety 30 conference at the AECC by highlighting the need for greater development of “soft skills” like situational awareness, which he said saved his life in the tragedy.
Nearly 700 people attended the two-day event, organised by industry body Oil and Gas UK, sharing the lessons from the accident in 1988 which killed 167 people.
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