After the disaster he devoted his life to campaigning for improved safety standards in the offshore industry.
The UK union, Offshore Industry Liaison Committee, said: "The early death of our friend and colleague is a tragedy not only for Bob's family the community at large has lost a caring human being. Bob was a man of the common folk. Escaping the inferno of Piper Alpha he went on to articulate without embellishment the grief and anger felt by his fellow survivors and the families of his dead colleagues.
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