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Unions commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster
The Piper Alpha oil platform's main accommodation block rests on a barge in the North Sea, ready to be towed to sheltered water after it was lifted to the surface 101 days after the disaster
UNIONS highlighted health and safety failings in the oil and gas sector today as they commemorated the 35th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster.
They gathered at the Piper Alpha memorial in Aberdeen’s Hazlehead Park and resolved to fight for the living.
On the July 6 1988, 165 of the 229 workers on board one of the biggest rigs in the North Sea were killed when it exploded. A further two people lost their lives in the rescue efforts.
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