S.C. Code Regs. 103-492 - Safety Program

Each gas system shall adopt and execute a safety program, fitted to the size and type of its operations. As a minimum, the safety program should comply with the Federal Regulations: Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Natural and Other Gas, 49 C.F.R., as amended from time to time:#

a.Require employees to use suitable tools and equipment in order that they may perform their work in a safe manner.#

b.Instruct employees in safe methods of performing their work.#

c.Instruct employees, who, in the course of their work are subject to the hazard of electrical shock, asphyxiation or drowning, in accepted methods of artificial respiration.#

d.Establish liaison with appropriate public officials including fire and police officials in anticipation of a potential emergency.#

e.Establish an educational program to enable customers and the general public to recognize and report a gas emergency to the appropriate officials.#

HISTORY: Amended by State Register Volume 32, Issue No. 5, eff May 23, 2008.#