Page 19 - Mississippi 811 Magazine 2017 Issue 2

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A Few Rules of Engagement $fj‘|‘#‘"fl:’f‘:f;;;1“‘z d Crossing flalpellne with Non-

Simllar to rules of a game, there are be protected at all limes while .4 L5 Meml“ ""5

very strict rules and mgulalmns when exposed. when Crossing an operator's ROW,

rt come. te czusslng prpehne ngl1|.~.«u[- . . . ln~t.1ll a tracer wrae for nonmelalllc

way. Simllar rules of engagement are 鑧;"gr3:::s§nH‘::¥ZaEq“'Pm‘“' iorelgn llnes Th.» enables the plpeline

found when nxcavatlon lakes plaee 3 to he loeateel across the ROW ln the

on or across a railroad ROW. Tl’I€SL‘ Man of our older l Ellnlzs are future. It‘s alwa 's a ood idea to also

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rules are m plaee to keep workers fairly shallow. Thousands nl mlles of ln~t.1ll warnmg tape over the non-

and the general publlc safe becausc lransmlsslon prpelme. were imtalled metalhe lme for the entire wrdth of Lhe

hmh railroads and pipelines transport In the early tn mid-1900s, prior to stare: right of way.

hazardous mnlenal~. condruclion rules Many of these [mes Them in ‘wt a fnw Bfim In and ‘him

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For your safety here are a few _ are many more The teamwork between
but ever the vaazs lhcv have been
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