APPENDIX 5

Dictionary of Pipeliner's Terms (SLANGS)

Back End

Those crews behind the welding crew Backfill

The dirt / sand material used to cover the pipe in the ditch Bead

The root pass of the weld Beaver tail

The extreme rear sloped, fabricated steel portion of a lowbed trailer used to facilitate a tractor mounting the trailer from the rear

Bell hole

A widened and sloped section of the ditch where welders will work when doing a tie in

Bender

Machine for bending pipe Berm

A dyke of earth material formed to contain fluid, such as fuel, in case of a spill or leak, or to diver water on a slope in the prevention of erosion. Blacktop

Tar sealed road Bladder

Sack like container for storing water, diesel or other liquids Blasting mats

Large mats fabricated of tires secured tightly together with bolts and chains. Used to prevent projectiles of rock (fly-rock) from becoming airborne out of the blasting site.

Bone Yard

Lay down area for equipment adjacent to the pipeline area, usually either at kick Off or the end of the line.

Boxing a sag

Squaring off the R.O.W. at a creek / river crossing Breakers

On hillsides and inclined slopes, the placement of sand bags or spraying of foam to surround the pipe, as a dam, to the top of the ditch, to prevent water flow and subsequent erosion around the pipe. Water breakers are berms built at an angle across the ROW to divert ground water and prevent ROW erosion.

Buckles

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A deformity in the pipe resulting in an inward protruding bend, often caused by ditch rock, bending mistakes

Buddy system

An arrangement by which two workers work together to ensure the health and safety of each other.

Buffing

Grinding the pipe with a wire brush Bug

The automatic welding machine that welds inside or outside the pipe on a track

Cap

The top pass of the weld Carry back

On setup and pipe gang, the distance the pipe section is brought back to a "start stake" to ensure that after the pipe section is lowered in, it will overlap the following section, necessitating the removal of a "pup". The start stake is placed by the engineering crew to ensure a sufficient overlap.

Chainage

The accumulated length of the pipeline from Kickoff marked in kilometers and meters

Cheater

A length of pipe used to lengthen the handle of another tool for the purpose of increasing leverage and power

Cherry Picker

Truck mounted crane Choker

A wire rope or synthetic sling used to encircle the pipe by passing one end through a loop in the other end thereby providing an attachment which can pull laterally as well as vertically

Choking pipe

Wood skids, wedges or rock material used to stop pipe from rolling on a flat surface

Clam

Excavating equipment Cold-wrapping

Applying tape type coatings that do not require the application of heat Combination

A bend incorporating a sidebend and a sag or overbend Coming-in-side

The upstream side of a section or tie in. Coupons

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Sections of cut pipe, used for practicing welding Crumbing the ditch

Ahead of Lower-in removing material from the ditch that might damage the coating or cause a buckle in the pipe.

Danger Zone

A location within 6 meters of a piece of heavy equipment Daylighting

Exposing a utility that was previously buried Deadman tractor

A tractor used as an anchor for a pipe section (such as on lowering-in) or when winching equipment on steep slopes

Ditch line

Centerline of ditch, marked by red stakes, stones or markers along the right of way

Ditch side

The side of the right of way on the opposite side of the ditch line from the work side, where the spoil pile is placed

Dog it

Stop heavy equipment operation Dogleg

An irregularity in a straight line – in a pipe section, lay of the right of way, etc.

Dolly

A trailer converter dolly that is towed from a single hitch located on the centerline of the towing unit.

Donut

Internal brace used in bending operation when end of pipe is near the die.Used to prevent egging of pipe

Downstream

The direction the product will flow when in the pipeline is in service Drag up

To quit or resign Dragup Tank

A large tank built into the deck of a welders rig Drawbar

Structural member of a sled, full trailer, pony trailer or trailer converter dolly that includes a device for the purpose of coupling with a trailer hitch, fifth wheel or hook on a sling

Egging

Pipe becoming out of round, during bending process Eye balling

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Judging by sight rather than using an instrument Fill line

Small inch light wall pipe 6–10 inches diameter used to carry water from a water source to a fill point, during testing operations

Fill point

A test point used to fill a pipe section with water for testing Fly-rock

Rock projectiles ejected skyward from a blasting zone Foreign line

A pipeline that crosses the centerline of the new pipeline under construction Front End

Those crews ahead of and including the welding crew Going-out-side

The downstream side of a section or tie in Goose

Internal hydraulically operated internal clamp used by pipe gang welding crew

Goose

Internal clamp on front end welding crew Grousers

Horizontal lugs on tracks of tracked equipment Hand

Pipeline worker Headache Rack

Strong (reinforced steel) barrier mounted on the back of the cab of a truck to prevent the load sliding forward and breaching the rear cabin wall injuring the driver

High boy

A conventional truck trailer with deck approximately 5 foot off the ground Hoarding

Plastic over a wood frame used at a test point to maintain temperature of exposed test section

Holiday

Hole or gap in pipeline coating Hot Dope

Old method of coating pipe with hot melted tar like substance Hot-wrapping

Applying tape type coatings that require the application of heat Hot pass

The filler pass of the weld Hustle skids

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The work involved in the loading / unloading of skids, building cradles to support the pipe etc.

Jeep (Holiday detector)

Electrical device used to detect abnormalities / holidays in pipeline coating Kick Off

Where the work starts on a pipeline project. The work site at the very beginning of a pipeline mainline or looping project.

Lathe

A stake, sharpened on one end, driven into the ground and used to mark centerline of ditch, chainage, or other purpose

Line pipe

The mainline pipeline pipe Load line hook

The hook that supports the weight Loop

A parallel section of pipeline Looping

Work on a section of pipeline that parallels an existing pipeline system. Loose end

The free, open end of a longer section of pipe Low Boy / Low Bed

A low slung trailer used to haul heavy equipment Mormon Board

Backfilling implement MSDS Sheets

Material Safety Data Sheets - Sheets providing the worker with information of hazardous products so he may protect himself

Mud board

A wooden elevated (4–5 inches) platform for welders to lie on when welding under the pipe

Nightcap

Caps made out of material, plastic, wood etc to fit over and close off the end of the pipe to prevent entry of foreign material

P.I.

Change in the direction of the right of way centerline, usually identified by a stake / lathe with the chainage written on it

Pig

Internal pipeline cleaning or inspection device Pig Catcher

A device for receiving a pig Powder man

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The worker on a blasting crew whose job is to load explosives in the bore holes

Pulling head

A heavy reinforced end cap for a pipe section with a towing eye, for sustained lateral pulling of that section, used on road bores and river / creek sections

Pup

Short length of pipe Quad

Welding machines mounted on a tractor Reach Rod

Long rod with wheel on end which is used to control the mandrel inside the pipe when bending pipe

Reamer

A cutting head that increases the bore hole size Ripper

A vertical earth / rock cutting blade mounted on the back of a dozer Roach

A berm (mound of earth) over the pipeline ROW

Pipeline night-of-way Rubber boot seal

The seal between the casing and pipe on either ends of a road / river bore Sag

A bend in the pipe that is concave - high on the ends and low in the middle Setup

The phase of pipe handling which immediately follows bending. This crew positions the pipe advantageously for the welding crew to ensure minimum required handling by the front-end pipegang crew. It is also laid out as per carry back and other stakes left by the engineering crew

Sho-Fly

Access road to pipeline construction ROW Shoot a bend

To calculate the degrees of a bend with a transit Shotrock

Blasted shards of rock Silk screen

Fine mesh plastic screening used to filter sediment out of flowing water for environmental purposes

Slider

A simple type of skid support for pipe joints/sections

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Sneaky

A manned internal pipe repair vehicle A pipeline construction project Sourman

Equipment used to yoyo a drag bucket at a river crossing Splitter

A length of safety fuse which notches at 50 millimeter (two inch) intervals and is used to ignite safety fuses

Spoil pile

The excavated ditch material Spoons

Long handled (12–15 foot) shovels used ahead of lower-in cradles to remove rock from the centerline of the ditch, under the pipe, which could cause buckles, when regulations prohibit workers entering unsafe ditch.

Spotter

A worker designated to identify the appropriate location on the right of way to drop a load, park a vehicle etc. to a driver or operator

Spread

A pipeline construction project Spread Man

Construction Superintendent Squeeze iron

Iron from squeeze pump to test head Stabber

Employee who helps line-up pipe for welding Stinger

Welding rod and holder Straw Boss

Crew foreman's lead worker Swabbing

Using a ring of pipe cut to a slightly smaller diameter than the line pipe with an outer layer of soft rubber which is pulled through a joint of pipe to clean out the inside of the pipe

Tack Rig Welding tractor Test head

A short section of pipe with a convex end cap and valves, welded to the end of a section. Used in the filling of pipe and controlling pressure during testing operations.

Test point

A location in a pipe section chosen to be used as a work site for testing operations, where the welders have left two loose ends.

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To the house

Going home after shift Tow cat

Tractor used to pull any equipment or vehicles stuck on the right of way. Train

A combination of vehicles composed of a tractor, a semitrailer and either an A Dolly and a semitrailer or a full trailer attached to the lead semitrailer in a like manner as if an A Dolly were used.

Upstream

The direction from which the product will come from when in service Utility

Any pipeline, buried or overhead powerline, fiber optic cable, sewer, etc. Wobble

A strike. Workers collectively refuse to go to work in support of some demand

Work side

The side of the right of way on which the equipment and vehicular traffic move

Yoyo

Using bucket on a drag line to get ditch depth at a river crossing

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