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API Near Miss Flow Chart FINAL

This flow chart provides guidance for determining when to report a near miss involving excavation activities near underground pipelines or other buried facilities. It outlines 7 key questions to consider, such as whether there was contact with the pipeline, non-compliance with damage prevention procedures, or mechanized digging within 25 feet of the pipeline centerline. Depending on the answers, the incident may be considered a non-critical near miss, critical near miss, or not a near miss.

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API Near Miss Flow Chart FINAL

This flow chart provides guidance for determining when to report a near miss involving excavation activities near underground pipelines or other buried facilities. It outlines 7 key questions to consider, such as whether there was contact with the pipeline, non-compliance with damage prevention procedures, or mechanized digging within 25 feet of the pipeline centerline. Depending on the answers, the incident may be considered a non-critical near miss, critical near miss, or not a near miss.

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When to Report a Near Miss Flow Chart

For detailed instructions refer to: Excavation Near Miss Reporting Guidelines

Contact w/pipe
Unauthorized Action or facility, including
Occurs
Yes
coating damage?
Yes Hit
Node 1 Task A

No

Was there
non-compliance with a
Damage Prevention
Procedure?
Node
Node 22

No

Unauthorized
Was the
excavation w/in 50' of
action hand digging? Yes No
centerline (CL)? Yes
Node 5
Node 5
Node
Node33

Was this
No a significant non-
Yes excavation event?
Node
Node 44
Did
mechanized
digging occur on Yes
ROW or w/in 25' CL? No
Node 6
Node 6
No
Yes

Is there Not a Near Miss


a barrier between Task D
Yes
Non-Critical activity & pipeline?
Node 77
Near Miss Node
Task C

No Critical Near Miss


Task B

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