Daily Specialty Work Safety Operations

• Daily Work Zone Evaluation Project Description:

• Conducting Work For:

  Columbia Gas of PA North

  Columbia Gas of PA South

  Columbia Gas of PA Central

  Peoples Natural Gas

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared By:

• Location
  Address

• Foreman:

  Select Vernon Andrews Recole Cash Steve Daye Shontez Daye Cory Estes James Haas Chris Halinka Oliver Kiehl Josh Moore Duane Owens Jarret Sawders John Zilinskas

  • Vernon Andrews
  • Recole Cash
  • Steve Daye
  • Shontez Daye
  • Cory Estes
  • James Haas
  • Chris Halinka
  • Oliver Kiehl
  • Josh Moore
  • Duane Owens
  • Jarret Sawders
  • John Zilinskas

• The attached document is provided as a means to identify evaluate and control potential job site hazards and maintain compliance through the PUC and NiSource. The Safety Coordinator must evaluate employee job performance and complete this document.

• Vacuum Truck Operations

Work Zone

• Work Zone Properly set up meeting MUTCD guidelines.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Workers, excavations, and vehicles protected by cones.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Sidewalk closed if applicable.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Qualified Flaggers utilized as necessary

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Housekeeping adequate for the jobsite. No trip/fall hazards.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Fire extinguisher properly positioned and upwind of the excavation

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

PPE

• Employees don and use correct PPE for the job.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

Vehicles

• Wheels chocked

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• First aid kit properly inspected for the month and contains minimum contents that is not expired

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Fire extinguisher annually and monthly inspected and is secured

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Secondary labels properly labelled and contains NFPA diamond pictogram.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Maintenance performed on vehicles as required

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Locating Lines

• Valid One Call

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

Tools/Equipment

• Tools and equipment in operative condition and inspected prior to work

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Safety Whip Check Safety Cords used on all air hose connections.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Employees utilize worker rotation and recognize potential hazards while operating equipment.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

Procedures

• O2 monitors properly bump tested

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Employees safely use air striker and vacuum hose.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Employees recognize underground utilities and prevent damages.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Employees remove rocks as applicable

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Corrosion Control

Procedures

• Employees inspect interior and exterior of the pipe

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Employees prepare pipe surface

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Employees take CGI prior to burning anode

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Employees safely apply anode and protect welds following the gas standards.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Abandons

• Employees use proper methods to stop the flow of gas following the gas standards.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Employees use intrinsically safe tools to cut and abandon gas piping.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Employees properly cap cut end

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Directional Drilling

Procedures

• Equipment in operative condition and inspected prior to use.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Employees validate one call

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Bore gel used for lubrication.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Employees recognize and react to underground utilities

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Employees use equipment properly following manufacturers recommendations.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Weak link used on pulls 50 feet or greater

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Employees back ream in appropriate diameter not to exceed 1.5 times the pipe diameter

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Flagging

• Employees set up work zone meeting MUTCD Requirements

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• All advanced warning signs in place and in proper location

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Tapper area contains at least 6 devices

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Proper equipment used

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A