ROCKVILLE, Md. — The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) released Breaking the Line: Best Practices for Safe Line Breaking, an addition to the association’s popular safety training kit series that provides a worker safety training video, take-away pocket guides with key points from the training, a handy documentation mechanism to assist contractors in documenting which workers have received the training, and a test to assist in verifying that workers understand the materials.
“Line breaking, or the intentional opening of a closed piping system, can be tricky because piping systems can carry substances that are flammable, toxic, corrosive, scalding, and/or under extreme pressure,” noted Tom Skaggs, chairman of MCAA’s safety and health committee and vice president – safety for the Murphy Co.. “It’s smart to establish and follow the best safe work practices available, and this new safety training kit makes that easy,” he added.