Amendments about oil piping systems go into effect in B.C.

VICTORIA, B.C. – New amendments to Part 23 of the British Columbia Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (OHSR), regarding safety risks in oil and gas flow piping systems, went into effect on Aug. 1. According to a news release from WorkSafeBC, the province’s occupational health and safety authority, the organization’s board of directors approved the amendments at a meeting in March. The changes to the Regulation involve requirements for integrity-assurance programs and pipe restraints. “Due to advancing technologies, the operating pressures of flow piping systems are now far greater than the pressures when the current OHSR requirements were developed,” WorkSafeBC stated. “Serious injuries can occur to workers when flow piping systems fail and the component parts are not restrained properly.” The amendments also aim to align regulations with current best practices in the oil and gas sector, the release added.

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