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Posted By Janette Draper
Hi, maybe you can help me!
Was discussing with a colleague about legislation brought in as a direct result of major disasters. We brought up Factories Act (Barton Bridge disaster), Construction Regs (1961 - 1966 - Barton Bridge again) and Mines & Quarries 1969 after the Aberfan disaster, and of course Piper Alpha. Do any of you know any in relation to Environmental issues?
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Posted By David Evans
There is wealth of examples, in terms of major incidents and the environment you have the COMAH regulations which arise out of Seveso both 1 and 2 were heavily influenced by environmental impacts. Pre dating Piper you have the Sea Gem disaster which set in place a whole structure of offshore legislation.
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Posted By John Murgatroyd
The Great Fire of London,1666: The London Re-Building Act of 1667.
Although, as a piece of H&S legislation I give you:
Hammurabi’s code of laws from ancient Babylon in the year 1780 B.C.
Law 229 of this code states;
“If a builder build a house for some one, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built fall in and kill its owner, then that builder shall be put to death.”
Sorta like H&S legislation on speed ?
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Posted By jom
Jennifer,
"Jeffrey Davis Aboveground Storage Tank Act" - State of Delaware, USA, legislated 2002.
In July 2001, the Motiva refinery in Delaware, sulphuric acid tank exploded during a welding repair operation.
One person killed; tens of thousands of gallons of 98% sulphuric acid entered the Delaware River
Legislation was a direct reaction to the accident, named "to honor" the person killed.
Does anyone know of any other legislation where the title incorporates the name/s of person/s killed in accidents that precipitated the legislation?
John.
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Posted By jom
whoops - Janette, not Jennifer.
John.
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Posted By Jim Walker
The "stay out of Prison Act" requires you to have a board of directors so there is no deciding mind.
This enables you to kill as many people as you wish and still collect your bonus
Seriously - what laws did Piper Alpha produce?
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Posted By peter gotch
Sorry, Janette, but the vast majority of the requirements of FA 1961 and the Construction Regs 1961 and 1966 were in place well before the Barton Bridge accident.
In particular in FA 1937 and the Building (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regs 1948. [In each case these in turn consolidated various previous requirements]
Regards, Peter
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Posted By Jeepster
Piper lead to The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 1992 which is now 2005.
Also a whole lot of techincal and design standards were improved and offshore installations went through years of safety upgrades.
This also lead on to The Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995
Regretfully Piper is an offshore safety milestone and will probably continue to influence the industry and offshore legislation for the rest of time.
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Posted By Jeepster
I think The Safety of Sports Grounds Regulations followed on from the Bradford football disater also
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Posted By Jeepster
The Titanic was also pivital in the development of SOLAS Convention (Safety of Life at Sea) and the maritime standards that followed.
Also Dangerous goods legislation appeared about 1870 folloing the loss of several ships.
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Posted By Richard G Powell
The Lyme Bay tragedy was primarily the driving force behind the Activity Centres (Young Persons' Safety) Act 1995 and The Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations 1996.
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Posted By Jim Walker
If I may hijack this slighlty:
I was thumbing through (the newest) PPE regs the other day and was amused to see some of the Revocations that it had caused (enabled?) Eg Gut scraping ,tripe dressing etc welfare order 1921.
Anybody know the oldest still current bit of H&S legislation?
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Posted By jom
Jim,
Why hijack?
Janette asked a clearcut question.
Don't hijack - start a new thread.
John.
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Posted By Jim Walker
True,
But an element of "chat" is you tend to drift round a subject.
I tend to chat on the forum rather than treat it as a questions & answer session.
Janette,
I apologise (to you alone) if my hijack offends.
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Posted By jom
Jim,
Sure, and sometimes the chat takes a more interesting line than the original question.
But here, a good original question has been put. Worth discussing.
Tangential issues are good too, but start them off anew and all's well. Everyone's happy.
John.
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Posted By jom
Having said the above, I see my first post did indeed attempt to hijack the topic.
John.
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Posted By Jim Walker
John
"Does anyone know of any other legislation where the title incorporates the name/s of person/s killed in accidents that precipitated the legislation?"
Kettle - pot - black ???
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Posted By Jim Walker
John,
Yer beat me to it!
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Posted By Martin Mulholland
How about the Gangmasters Licensing Act after the morecambe bay tradgedy?
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Posted By Andy Petrie
Kings Cross lead to the sub surface railway regs
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Posted By jom
Jim,
Yep, I'm a pot, I admit it.
It is an issue with forums. The original question often gets overtaken with tangential questions.
We're on the same side, but we should sometimes poke each other with a sharp stick.
This post is tangential to the original question - please ignore.
John.
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Posted By jom
Piper Aplha has certainly had an influence on development of safety legislation in Australia.
It triggered the application of the Safety Case approach to offshore facilities.
John.
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