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Safety at City Gas Distribution

Rules & Codes for Safety in City Gas

Statutory Rules

Factories Act
ISO 9001:2008
ISO 14001:2004
OHSAS 18001: 2007

Safety Codes

IS 2925-1984
IS 4770-1968
IS 6994-1973 (I)
IS 1989 -1986(I&III)
IS 3338-1975
IS 5557-1969
IS 6519-1971
IS 11226-1985
IS 5983-1978
IS 9167-1979
IS 3521-1983

Major Safety areas in City Gas

Behavioral Safety

Safety should develop and inculcate in behavior specifically in a CGD. Corporate Safety Vision, Policy and statement, Safety Pledge, Work Place Inspection Policy, Safe employee, safe contract & procurement policy. Continual development towards safety with training always help in making an organisation with safe behavior.

Infrastructure Safety

Each and every equipment and assets has to be certified with international or national safety guidelines of production or as per prevailing rules and practices in India. It can be one step more adherence towards safety. After all infrastructure is the life machine of any CGD.

Process Safety

Planning, Execution, Commissioning, with strict adherence of codes and process with safety. After Commissioning, all operations and maintenance with timely compliance has to be completed in time with ensuring safety process. A well defined and safe process is always keep hazard away.

Environment Safety

City Gas is handling hazardous product Natural Gas, Odorant and various Chemicals like engine lubes & Acid Batteries. Natural Gas is environment friendly fuel for reciprocating engines, burners, furnaces and heaters. In all cases it burns but in case it releases in atmosphere without burning than this is more dangerous than other green house gases. It should ensures to minimum wastage to save environment.

Overall Safety Areas in City Gas

Corporate Safety

Corporate Safety Vision and Statement of a City Gas Distribution companies leads to development of overall Safety culture in organisation and inculcate safety in behavior of their direct and indirect employees and contractors.

Corporate safety vision take care of a city with its product distribution and services with safe practices.

Work Permit safety

Permission to work in hazardous area as per rules, regulation, checkup, mandatory Personal Protective Equipment and with request, review and approve.

Tool Box Talk, Hot Work, Cold Work, Work at Height, Work at Confined area, Excavation permit, Lifting permit, Job Hazard Assessment and many more as per situation.

CNG Safety

Safety at CNG needs to ensure twice. 1st is Natural Gas is compressed at high pressure which itself a hazard. 2nd compressed Natural Gas is highly flammable.

Various safety guidelines are available to ensure safety at CNG Stations. These are PESO, OISD 179, SMPV, Petroleum Rules, Electrical Safety, State Fire Rules and etc.

Pipeline safety

Underground high pressure Natural Gas Pipe line network is main artery of any City Gas Distribution Gas Network system. Based on MAOP of the network for its whole estimated life, its designing is most important.

ASME B 31.8, ASTM, API 1104, OISD 226, NFPA, NACE, IS 14885 or ISO 4437, IS 1239, EN 1057 and installation and commissioning procedure are ensuring safety.

Electrical Safety

Electricity is required to many of Natural Gas equipment in City Gas but it has its dangerous aspect also. Any electrical charge, static charge, loose current, improper grounding or earth pit are the loopholes.

Various guidelines are make it safe. These are IS- 5572, IS – 5571, IS 3043, IS:2309, API- RP-551, 552, 553, 554, 555 and 556.

Equipment for safety

Best City Gas safety handling equipment are safe thinking and behavior. Apart from that to fight fire and emergencies equipment are helpful.

Fire tender, Fire extinguisher, PPEs, Gas detectors, Flame detectors, alarm system, emergency vehicles, training and development, line marking, safe practices.