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
• National Grid's report on the 2007 National Emergency Co-ordinator (NEC) emergency exercise 'Opus' [171KB]

Mains replacement documents

• Review of the Health and Safety Executive’s 2002-2007 enforcement policy for the replacement of iron gas mains. [98KB]
• 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 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
• Guide to pipeline safety regulations 1996 ISBN 0 7176 1182 5
• A guide to regulation 13A of the Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996 [87KB]
• Further guidance on emergency plans for major accident hazard pipelines. [PDF 113kb]

Further pipelines guidance

• HSE pipelines website guidance

HSE programme of work and inspection

• Gas and Pipelines Unit Operational Strategy 2007-2012 [65KB]
• Gas Distribution and Transmission Networks GSMR inspection Plans [42KB]
• Major Hazard Safety Performance Indicators in the UK onshore gas and pipeline industries - Annual report 2006/07 [321KB]
• Major Hazard Safety Performance Indicators in the UK Onshore Gas and Pipelines Industries - Annual Report 2005/06 [287KB]
• Avoiding Damage to buried services [255KB]
• Horizontal Directional Drilling [222KB]

Natural gas imports and storage

• Safety at Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) sites [69KB]
• The Milford Haven pipeline
• Salt cavity natural gas storage - Consent and operational issues
• The application of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH) and the Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996 (PSR) to natural gas salt cavity storage sites (SPC/PERM/29) [105KB]