It’s the late eighties and the oil industry is booming. Life’s good. But when you’ve become comfortable dealing with risk, it makes for predictable accidents and it’s easy to forget that if things go wrong, they can go really wrong.

Four Minutes Past Ten

Dec 5th, 2018 28m 31s

It was a gas leak that started it, like a banshee wail on the production deck. The 18-month long government inquiry set about investigating why Piper was destroyed, but with so many witnesses dead, questions remain over exactly what happened.

The Second Disaster

Dec 5th, 2018 33m 28s

When the cameras are gone you can’t see the ripple effect that carries on through the decades after a major accident. Why do some people cope better than others, and should we assess risk not just in terms of the likelihood of accidents but the

Back To Consciousness

Dec 5th, 2018 32m 57s

It’s been a long time since Piper exploded: experts are nervous that the industry has forgotten and is on the precipice of another disaster. So, can we ever be sure that the right warnings are getting through and should we all be trying to jump

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