Industry information, safety notices and reports

This page provides access to useful reports, safety notices and other information relating to health and safety for the onshore natural gas supply industry.

Gas supply emergencies

• The Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) role in gas supply emergencies
• Inspection of gas supply emergency arrangements and associated co-operation requirements
• Domestic consumer self isolation and restoration of gas supply
• Gas Supply Emergencies: Large End Users to check Emergency Contact Information
• NEC Industry Exercise 2022 'Exercise Degree' Post Exercise Report

Incident reports

• Investigation summary of explosion incident at Shrewsbury on 3rd January 2010
  • Press release - Findings released on Shrewsbury gas explosion [25 January 2011]
• Investigation of the explosion at Buckstone Grove Edinburgh 2005
• Investigation of the explosion at Linfield Street Dundee 2000

Safety notices

Gas supplies to multi-storey timber framed buildings (SN 01/2005)

Natural gas imports and storage

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

Miscellaneous

• Avoiding Damage to buried services
• Horizontal Directional Drilling