SAFE DIGGING Protect yourself and your crew when working
around natural gas lines this season
By Doug Kelln, SaskEnergy/TransGas
Another busy construction season is well underway
with safety on jobsites and in communities around
the province being a top priority for our company and
yours. At SaskEnergy and TransGas, safety is a core value and the
foundation of our operations. Like you, every year we work to im-prove
safety practices and procedures, while investing in initiatives
to meet new challenges.
Our employees are dedicated to promoting safety within our
company, and in Saskatchewan communities, to deliver safe and re-liable
natural gas service. We look for ways to improve procedures
while adopting industry best practices, such as joint line locating
and our extensive natural gas leak survey program.
SAFE DIGGING
Working together, our team can help make your jobsites safer,
whether you are constructing, tearing down or renovating a build-ing,
or working on an excavation project. SaskEnergy and TransGas
will engage with your company to oversee excavation projects near
major natural gas pipelines and ensure safe removal of natural gas
service lines before buildings are demolished.
A key focus is partnering with Sask 1st Call and the Saskatchewan
Common Ground Alliance (SCGA) to share safe digging practices
with contractors, landowners and homeowners through initiatives
like the Sask 1st Call Safety Patrol program. I’m sure many of you
encountered the safety patrollers over the last few years as they
work to ensure homeowners and contractors alike are following
PHOTOS COURTESY OF SASKENERGY
Safety patrollers
have been helping
contractors dig
safe since 2014
“Dangerous line contacts – both
buried and overhead – occur around
the province each year. We believe
even one line hit is too many, as the
consequences are life threatening.”
– Doug Kelln, President and CEO, SaskEnergy/TransGas
A worker
demonstrating
how to safely find
underground lines
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