THE WEEKLY
REFLEKTION
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The Weekly Reflektion 22/2023
The legal system throws up some interesting examples of assigning blame and finding people negligent. Sometimes the concept of ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ doesn’t seem to be as important as finding a person(s) and administering justice. What is the legal system trying to achieve in its pursuit of determining negligence? In last week reflektion (week 21/2023) we asked the question ‘Is the […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 07/2021
Learning from Major Accidents is the main focus for Reflekt, and we have used the Piper Alpha disaster 6th July 1988 in several Reflektions. This time we have the perspective of one of the survivors. If you had survived a major accident what would you recommend to prevent it happening again? Steve Rae is the […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 35 / 2020
While working on an assignment connected to Major Accident prevention, I needed to refer to the report from the Cullen Inquiry into Piper Alpha. The particular issue was related to the authority an investigation leader has to extend the investigation mandate in order to cover issues that may not have been considered in the original […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 33 / 2020
We have facilitated several workshops over the past few years with a focus on building a ‘One Team’ culture, where the operator, the rig contractor, the service providers and the partners consciously cooperate to ‘make each other good’ with a goal of achieving a superior final product. Haven’t we always cooperated? Do the different players […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 31 / 2020
167 people died on the 6th July 1988 due to explosions and fires on the Piper Alpha platform in the UK sector of the North Sea. The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster was led by Lord Cullen and failure in the operation of the permit to work system was identified as one of […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 15 / 2020
In last week’s reflection we quoted prophetic words from W.G. Carson in 1981, 7 years before the Piper Alpha disaster.‘The British authorities’ complacent belief in the superiority of their own regulatory approach will retain even the semblance of credibility only as long as a similar tragedy does not overtake an installation operating in the British […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 14 / 2020
The PSA main issue for 2020 is ‘Never another Major Accident’. Have you done anything to improve your systems for Major Accident prevention as a consequence of the PSA main issue? Have you taken any initiative in your company that builds on the main issue for PSA? Major Accidents in the North Sea have had […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 40 / 2019
This week’s Reflektion is based on the Piper Alpha disaster and asks the question. What do you do with important information presented at your meetings? Do you just take note and move onto the next item on the agenda? Or do you take the information seriously? The Piper Alpha disaster occurred on the 6th July […]
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