Staying safe
Peter Kinsey, Pipeline Construction HAZID
specialist
, considers the safe operation of heavy
equipment on steep slopes.
M
any pipeline construction projects
in mountainous terrain experience
spectacular accidents involving
equipment loss of stability and
rollovers, due to unrecognised and uncontrolled
stability issues, while heavy equipment is working
on steep slopes.
Pipeliners are frequently required to operate
heavy equipment on extreme slopes, where
worksite risks, compared to flat terrain, increase
exponentially. Safe lifting, transporting heavy
Figure 1.
Pipeline
construction in
mountainous terrain.
ON SLOPES
