Union slams HSE on lack of ‘serious action’ for Buchan Alpha incident

Union slams HSE on lack of ‘serious action’ for Buchan Alpha incident

A company caught up in a “dangerous” Buchan Alpha decommissioning incident has been given little more than a “slap on the wrist” by the HSE, according to an offshore union.

Unite said a lack of “serious action” had been taken by the regulator over the incident last year in waters off Shetland.

Dramatic video emerged in September of a worker, who was cutting into a structure he was standing on with a blowtorch, trying to run to safety when the structure became off-balance in the water.