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Plastic Maintenance
The following safety precautions shall be ensured during emergency repairs or breakdown maintenanceof pipelines:
. All naked flames, sources of ignition and mobile phones shall not be allowed in theimmediate work area.. Gas level should be monitored during the repair work with gas detectors. The repair shall notbe carried out in atmosphere which contains natural gas.. Adequate fire extinguishing equipment shall be available during such repair.
Squeezing-off and reopening of Thermoplastic for Pressure Control
Location where Squeezing and reopening is done once shall be marked appropriately to identify that thepipe has been squeezed and reopened.
Squeezing of reopened pipe at the same location is not permitted. Minimum distance betweenconsecutive squeeze-off locations shall not be less than five (5) meters.