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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1.12 Safety planSafety Plan 1. Introduction 1.1 Responsibilities 1.1.1 The Company 1.1.2 The Contractor 1.2 Related Plans 2. Health and Safety Requirements 2.1 Safety Training 2.2 General Requirements 2.3 Working Hours 2.4 Incident Reporting 2.5 Transportation 2.6 Safe Procedures for Prevention of Mechanical Damage to Underground Facilities 2.7 Damaged Pipe 2.8 High Voltage Hazard and Mitigation of Induced Voltage Effects 2.9 Cold Weather Construction I. INTRODUCTION This Safety Plan (plan) identifies measures to be taken by ETC Canyon Pipeline, LLC (Company) and its construction contractors (Contractor) to minimize hazards to persons working on and visiting the project and to comply with all applicable safety requirements and regulations. The plan also describes safety standards and practices that will be implemented to minimize health and safety concerns related to construction of the project. 1.1 RESPONSIBILITIES 1.1.1 The Company The Company will comply and ensure compliance by its employees, suppliers and visitors with all applicable occupational safety and health laws and regulations. The Company will observe and monitor the Contractor's practices and procedures and will inform the Contractor of violations to the above-mentioned laws and regulations. If the Company becomes aware of a violation that presents immediate danger to human life or property, then the Company Representative (Company employee or Construction Inspector) will order an immediate stoppage of work until unsafe conditions or practices are corrected. 1.1.2 The Contractor The Contractor will comply and ensure compliance by its employees, subcontractors, suppliers, and visitors with all applicable occupational safety and health laws and regulations and with all of the Company's safety specifications. The Contractor will also take reasonable additional measures necessary to prevent property damage, injury, and death to Company employees, Contractor employees, and general public. 1.2 RELATED PLANS • Fire Prevention and Suppression Plan • Hazardous Material Management and Spill Prevention and Countermeasure Plan • Hydrostatic Testing Plan 2. HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS 2.1 SAFETY TRAINING Prior to starting the work, the Company will arrange a meting between the Contractor's Site Supervisors and the Company's Construction Staff to discuss safety aspects of the work, safety hazards particular to the work site, and to outline safety responsibility and authority of the Contractor and Company personnel. It will be the responsibility of the Contractor's supervisory personnel to train workers and keep them up-to-date regarding safety matters. The Contractor will provide pre-job orientation to all workers engaged on the project and ensure all workers are competent to perform any job requested. The Contractor will also make all of its workers available for any required Company orientation or safety training. 2.2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS The Company Construction Inspectors will ensure that the following measures relating to health and safety are implemented: • Contractor will ensure that all construction sites are maintained in a sanitary condition. • Contractor will cease normal pipeline construction activities by sunset. Night time construction will not be permitted unless approved by the Company and the jurisdictional agency(s). • The Contractor, in accordance with federal, state, or local requirements, will provide water, or other means, to control dust. Contractor will comply with federal, state, and local air quality emission standards and regulations. • Contractor will provide dust control in construction areas within 500 feet of residences and highways as directed by the project's Construction and Environmental Inspectors. • If the trench is left open overnight within 100 feet of a residence, Contractor will fence the area to mitigate safety concerns. • No dredged or fill material will be discharged in the proximity of a public water supply intake (municipal watersheds). • The Contractor will ensure that equipment IS properly maintained to reduce emissions. • All pipeline construction activities will occur within the ROW, approved access routes, and approved workspace. • No firearms will be allowed on Company property or the ROW. Hunting is prohibited by construction personnel on the ROW, temporary use areas, and offROW project facilities. • All construction personnel will drive defensively and safely, especially on mountain roads and blind curves. Contractors will be expected to discipline or remove personnel who fail to comply. • The possession or use of intoxicants or drugs is prohibited on Company property or the ROW. • The Contractor will ensure that its employees use the proper personal protective equipment as appropriate, including, but not limited to: eye protection, hearing protection, safety harness, and respiratory protection, where needed. • When radiographic equipment is to be used, the Contractor will ensure that the area is clear and that all personnel are at a safe distance from the radiation source. Radiation warning signs will be placed at the edges of the safe area. • The Contractor will abide by and adhere to all OSHA, federal, state, county and local trenching regulations. • The Contractor will comply with all federal, county, and local fire regulations pertaining to the prevention of uncontrolled fires. See the Fire Prevention and Suppression Plan for additional information. • The Contractor will ensure that all hazardous and potentially hazardous materials are transported, stored, and handled in accordance with all applicable legislation. See the Hazardous Materials Management and Spill Prevention and Countermeasure Plan for additional information. • Safety precautions will be taken during pressure testing as described in the Hydrostatic Testing Plan. 2.3 WORKING HOURS Working hours will generally be from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Saturday. 2.4 INCIDENT REPORTING All injuries, fires, and accidents will be recorded and reported to the required regulatory agencies within the required time frames. 2.5 TRANSPORTATION At all road crossings or construction near road crossings where crew and equipment are working, approaching traffic will be cautioned to reduce speed by road signs and flag persons. Where lanes of traffic are reduced or impaired by construction activities, flag persons will be employed. 2.6 SAFE PROCEDURES FOR PREVENTION OF MECHANICAL DAMAGE TO UNDERGROUND FACILITIES The Contractor will give adequate advance notification of all work that will be performed within existing pipeline easements, ROW, or property so that site preparation and supervision can be provided. Before commencing any excavation, the Contractor will receive authorization to commence excavating from the Company Representative. The Company Representative, or his delegate, will locate and stake the centerline and limits of all underground facilities in the area of proposed excavation. The Company Representative will be assigned to monitor all mechanical excavation being carried out within 10 feet of buried or above ground pressurized gas piping. 2.7 DAMAGED PIPE Any dents, gouges, scratches or other similar defects will be brought to the attention of the Company as soon as they are detected. Detrimental defects will not be accepted and will be repaired or cut out of the line as directed by the Company, regardless as to when or how they may have occurred. Grinding to remove defects within dented areas will not be permitted. Gouges, grooves, scratches, or tears may be removed by grinding provided that the wall thickness is not reduced to less than 95 percent of the specified nominal wall thickness. Dents other than those described above will be permitted provided they do not exceed the following maximum levels specified for each case. • As delivered from the pipe mill: maximum depth of 0.5 percent of the pipe diameter and 25 percent of the pipe diameter in any other dimension. • Allowable damage in the field prior to backfill: maximum depth of I percent of the pipe diameter and 50 percent of the pipe diameter in any other dimensions. • Allowable damage in the field after backfill: maximum depth of 2 percent of the pipe diameter and 75 percent for the pipe diameter in any other dimension. Pounding or jacking to remove dents is prohibited. Defects greater than those noted above will be cut out as a cylinder and replaced by welding a pup joint to the line. 2.8 HIGH VOLTAGE HAZARD AND MITIGATION OF INDUCED VOLTAGE EFFECTS Generally work will be stopped if one or more of the following conditions prevail: • during local electrical storms denoted by visible lightning or the sound of thunder; during high winds, wet snow, or freezing rain; 2.9 COLD WEATHER CONSTRUCTION The Contractor will be aware of the special considerations that must be made with respect to cold weather construction including exposure, hypothermia, frostbite, heavy clothing, and adverse driving conditions and will account for these in the completion of the work in order to eliminate personal injury and property damage.