Gas supply industry health and safety - information

This page provides access to guidance and further information documents relating to health and safety in the Gas Supply Industry.

Legislation

• Gas Safety Management Regulations 1996 (GMSR)
• Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996 (PSR)

Incident reports

• Investigation of the explosion at Buckstone Grove Edinburgh 2005 [196kb]
• Investigation of the explosion at Linfield Street Dundee 2000 [556kb]

Gas supply emergencies

• The Health & Safety Executive’s (HSE) role in gas supply emergencies
• Gas Supply Emergencies: Large End Users to check Emergency Contact Information
• IGEM Guidance for Large Gas Consumers in Dealing with Natural Gas Supply Emergencies
• National Grid's report on the 2006 National Emergency Co-ordinator (NEC) emergency exercise 'Neptune'

Mains replacement documents

• Review of the Health and Safety Executive’s 2002-2007 enforcement policy for the replacement of iron gas mains.
• HSE's Enforcement Policy for the Replacement of Iron Gas Mains 2006 - 2013
• Monitoring and reporting of the distribution networks' mains replacement programmes 2006 - 2013.
• Progress with Iron Mains Replacement Programme

Mains replacement archived documents

• HSE's Enforcement policy relating to Mains Replacement Programme 2002-2007 [73kb]
• Monitoring and Reporting of the National Grid Distribution Mains Replacement Programme 2002-2007

Gas safety case documents

• The Gas Safety Case Handling and Assessment Manual  

Safety notices

• Barton Differential Pressure Gauge Indicators (Model 227)
• Gas supplies to multi-storey timber framed buildings (SN 01/2005)

HSE approved codes of practice and guidance

• A guide to the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996 ISBN 0-7176-1159-0
  This guidance is aimed at gas transporters and other parties (eg. gas shippers and terminal operators). It will help gas transporters understand how they comply with the Regulations, in particular, what information is required by HSE for acceptance of their safety case. It also gives guidance to dutyholders on how they will need to co-operate with those who have to prepare safety cases. This guidance is currently out of print - more information on its availability will appear here soon.
• Guide to pipeline safety regulations 1996 ISBN 0717611825
• A guide to regulation 13A of the Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996 [87kb]
• Further guidance on emergency plans for major accident hazard pipelines. ISBN 0717613933

Further pipelines guidance

• HSE pipelines website guidance

HSE programme of work and inspection

• Gas & Pipelines Unit Operational Strategy 2005 - 2008
• Gas Distribution and Transmission Networks GSMR inspection Plans
• Major Hazard Safety Performance Indicators in the UK Onshore Gas and Pipelines Industries - Annual Report 2005/06
• Avoiding Damage to buried services
• Horizontal Directional Drilling

Natural gas imports and storage

• Safety at Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) sites [69kb]
• Salt cavity natural gas storage - Consent and operational issues
• The Milford Haven pipeline