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HSE GS4 — Safety requirements for pressure testing (4th edition, 2012)

Provisions the documents cite: whole guidance — hydraulic preferred over pneumatic, stored energy, exclusion zones, competent person, test procedure

What it requires

Guidance on pressure testing of plant and pipework — hydraulic testing as the default, the additional precautions for pneumatic testing because of stored energy, exclusion of people from the test area, and a written test procedure.

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