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Natural Gas Piping and Purging: Safe Work Practices
Track(s): Loss Control/Prevention

Jason Safarz, CEC Combustion Services Group

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There is often a huge and dangerous lack of knowledge among those who routinely manage or perform gas piping repairs and purging. This session will help raise your awareness of this important issue and present practical guidance to those involved. The session will address the dangers and many of the common mistakes made when performing natural gas piping repairs. It gives managers, maintenance people, and operators of combustion equipment the plans and safety protocols to follow to avoid the potentially catastrophic results that come from improper installation of natural gas piping, focusing particularly on the steps to take during the purging process.

Jason Safarz is a Senior Account Engineer with CEC Combustion Services Group. Mr. Safarz has a broad level of experience, inspecting or managing safety inspections on over 8,000 pieces of fuel-fired equipment (boilers and ovens) at more than 300 industrial facilities worldwide. He is trained in the safe application and testing of natural gas, propane, #2-#6 oil, biofuels, and coal. He has focused his expertise on NFPA codes including 86 and 86C for specialty ovens and furnaces, and serves as an ASME CSD-1 Standards Committee Member for Automatically Fuel Fired Boilers. Mr. Safarz received his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cleveland State University, specializing in combustion systems.