Many facilities contain buried steam lines which originate in the power house. These buried steam lines are used to bring steam to noncontiguous buildings and structures, allowing heat to be provided through a central power plant. Another name for this is “District Heating.”
Do you run with scissors? No? How about play with fire? Of course not! What about your pipes - are they insulated? Uh-oh, I can hear the excuses now - we have to do regular maintenance, or it’s costly to continually reinstall insulation. These are all fine excuses, but they don’t change the fact that you are risking the safety of your workers and opening yourself up to legal actions and fines...