PSMS Incident Examples
Below is a list of the incident types that would be reported as part of a PSMS and an overview of PSMS and CAP.
Damages:
- At-fault gas line hits
- Not at fault gas line hits
- Cross bore or sewer damage discovered during construction
- Cross bore or sewer damage discovered after construction
- Un-safe excavation practices by Miller crews
- Un-safe excavation practices by others
Existing gas lines that will remain in service:
- Gas lines discovered with insufficient cover (extremely shallow or in areas where excavation is likely)
- Gas lines that are exposed (due to erosion)
- Gas lines that can’t be located
- Gas lines with visible corrosion, diminished wall thickness or sub-standard cathodic protect levels.
- Meter sets or above ground gas lines exposed to vehicular damage
- Fittings, connections or pipe types that have been outlawed
- Underground leaks (if discovered doing work other than leak repair)
- Above ground gas leaks (if discovered doing work other than leak repair)
Miller Pipeline-installed gas lines:
- Lines not installed to customer specs, caught and corrected by us during installation
- Lines not installed to customer specs, caught by others after installation
- Leak test failure – found and corrected by Miller at time of installation
- Leak discovered on Miller install – found by others, after installation complete
- Fusion not acceptable – found and corrected by Miller during installation
- Fusion not acceptable – found by others after installation
- Covered task performed by Miller employee without proper OQ’s – caught and corrected during installation
- Covered task performed by Miller employee without proper OQ’s – discovered after the fact, by others
- Defective materials – found and corrected by Miller during installation
- Defective materials – found by others after installation
Non-compliance issues :
- Tools and devices used outside parameters of calibration or inspection – caught and corrected during installation
- Tools and devices used outside parameters of calibration or inspection – discovered after installation
- Work performed without valid permit/license – fusion card, welding permit, plumbing permit, etc.
