Episode 11

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27th Dec 2023

SPECIAL EPISODE - Piper Alpha: Story of a survivor - Joe Meanen

The first special episode from us is an AMAZING story from survivor Joe Meanen, who worked on the Piper Alpha platform.

The Piper Alpha oil rig was situated off Aberdeen, Scotland and was home to more than 200 men at a time. On a calm summer night in 1988, a gas leak caused a huge explosion that saw a fireball rip through the platform, killing 167 men. Joe Meanen was one of only 61 men to survive the disaster and he chats with Daisy to discuss his experience.

We are honored that Joe chose to discuss his experience on this podcast, and ultimately to share with you & hopefully help to embed the importance of managing health & safety and how we can make a difference going forward.

This bumper episode is a two hour special!!

Stay safe

Daisy & Lynsey x

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About the Podcast

Health and Safety Angels
Busting the barriers
If you just need to get to the bottom of health and safety in an easy, non jargon way then this is the podcast for you. We're busting the barriers of health and safety in the workplace, without the big words and monotone voices. We're going back to the beginning and discussing what health and safety is, why it is important and what everything actually means.
This isn't a podcast for H&S professionals but for those that need to understand H&S for their business or their role within the workplace.
We want to connect and deliver episodes that you're interested in so please get in touch and let us know if there is anything you want to know about! Follow us on instagram, healthandsafety.angels -https://www.instagram.com/healthandsafety.angels/#
or pop us an email on healthandsafetyangels@gmail.com

Daisy and Lynsey x

About your hosts

Lynsey Mason

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In my social world, I am a mum to 2 teens and a tiny dog called Pepper. I'm a Crossfit convert, but by no means an athlete! I love lifting weights and it has done wonders fors my mental health and self-esteem - I've had my share of drama and now i'm (just) over 40, I take life a little less seriously.
In my work world, I am a freelance H&S tutor, running my own little business called Training Angel. I genuinely have a passion for delivering training to people with a laid back and relaxed vibe. Learning about H&S doesn't have to feel like school, we can learn new things by just having a session chatting and engaging.
As someone that struggles to read and take the info in, I wanted to help others and change their experience of both training courses and understanding health and safety.
When I started my H&S journey, the definitions baffled me as well as finding multiple words used for the same thing!! A big issue is feeling comfortable enough to ask what a word means, not understanding a technical jargon word can create barriers where we give up sorting something out so I want to break down the barriers and help you understand the jargon and hopefully get us all understanding what we need to do.

Daisy Silcock

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