Southern Company Gas 2022 Sustainability Executive Summary Final 4.19.23 - Flipbook - Page 29
Safety and Health
At Southern Company Gas, our number one value
is ensuring the safety of our employees and our
communities. Our Safety and Compliance and Technical
Services departments deploy two overarching
management systems that govern our safety
processes—the Safety and Health Management System,
which integrates occupational safety and health
objectives into our organizational structure and the
Pipeline Safety Management System, a comprehensive
and systematic system to increase pipeline safety
performance and operational excellence.
Safety First
Safety First is not only the number one value across the
Over 2,400
Southern Company Gas Safe Work Observations
recorded in 2022
Southern Company family but a pledge to our
Public Safety
employees, customers, contractors and communities
One of the main ways we work to protect our
that our actions help ensure a safe environment for
employees and communities is through proper pipeline
everyone. Safety is truly in our DNA—it is innate to
maintenance and management. Our pipeline safety
how we conduct business, it's recognizable by those
culture promotes non-punitive reporting and consistent
within our industry and it's why our safety performance
self-evaluation techniques to identify, prevent and
remains well above the industry standard. We are never
mitigate risks related to pipelines.
satisfied when it comes to safety, constantly seeking
new and innovative ways to reduce safety incidents
Each of our distribution companies implements
through event learnings and communications.
Distribution and Transmission Integrity Management
Programs in compliance with the Pipeline Safety
We motivate all our employees to be leaders in safety
Improvement Act to help reduce both the likelihood and
by providing them with the proper training, tools and
consequence of incidents. Through this systematic
resources they need to effectively respond to any given
process, we identify high-impact areas, assess and
situation. We encourage every employee and contractor
mitigate pipeline risks, determine potential hazards
to exercise Stop Work Authority if a co-worker, the
from facility operations and estimate the likelihood and
public or the local environment is at risk. Additionally,
effect of potential adverse events.
our safety training, operating standards and monitoring
processes meet or exceed all state and federal
While we have made progress in maintaining the
regulations. In 2022, we are proud to have been named
reliability and resiliency of our systems, we must also
as a semi-finalist in the National Safety Council’s Green
prepare for the unexpected. Each of our distribution
Cross for Safety Excellence Award. AGA recognized
companies provides resources and tips on its website to
Southern Company Gas with its Industry Leader
help protect our customers in case of severe weather, a
Accident Prevention Award for the fourth straight year.
gas leak or other emergency.
See the Energy Reliability, Resiliency and Affordability
section to learn more about our efforts to enhance
pipeline safety.
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