The following safety precautions shall be ensured during
emergency repairs or breakdown maintenanceof pipelines:
. All naked flames, sources of ignition and mobile phones shall
not be allowed in theimmediate work area.. Gas level should be
monitored during the repair work with gas detectors. The repair
shall notbe carried out in atmosphere which contains natural gas..
Adequate fire extinguishing equipment shall be available during
such repair.
Squeezing-off and reopening of Thermoplastic for Pressure
Control
Location where Squeezing and reopening is done once shall be
marked appropriately to identify that thepipe has been squeezed and
reopened.
Squeezing of reopened pipe at the same location is not
permitted. Minimum distance betweenconsecutive squeeze-off
locations shall not be less than five (5) meters.
