Where this section focuses
The Safety Section is an operator-led forum for the health and safety of the natural gas workforce, the systems they operate and the communities they serve. Its purpose is to identify emerging safety issues early and turn them into shared practice, training signals, conference content and resources members can use.
For 2027 the section stands on its own, with safety as its whole focus. Its committees cover employee health and safety, pipeline safety management systems, emergency preparedness and response and damage prevention and public awareness. Learning and workforce development, once part of the same section, now has a section of its own.
The Section Managing Committee, made up of senior operator safety leaders, sets the section’s priorities, owns the annual incident survey and its improvement, oversees its committees and recommends policies, plans and focus areas to SGA’s Executive Council and staff.
As Safety and Employee Development: members compared a SIF-precursor model, telematics-based driver coaching, qualified-technician dispatch, AI-enabled driver cameras and work-zone de-escalation. Took responsibility for improving the annual incident survey after members said it was too broad and too long. Stood up a SIF/PSIF working group. Outputs: 2025 Incident Experience Survey and findings package, the telematics one-pager and a SIF/PSIF prevention resource in development.
Two new committees, Emergency Preparedness and Response and Damage Prevention and Public Awareness, each seeking founding members; Pipeline Safety Management Systems adds regulatory preparedness and PHMSA and state inspection readiness; the Section Managing Committee continues from Safety and Employee Development.
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