API RP OSHA Oil Gas Industry Guidelines(1).pdf

文档介绍：Module 22
Oil and Gas Industry Guidelines
What standards are
enforceable?
ƒ OSHA standards
ƒ By industry and type of operation
ƒ Take precedence over industry standards
ƒ Standards incorporated by reference
ƒ Only the parts concerning health and safety
ƒ Recognized hazards
ƒ Generally accepted industry standards
ƒ OSHA guidance documents can interpret
ambiguities
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Elements Required to Prove
Violation of General Duty Clause
ƒ The employer failed to keep the workplace
free of a hazard to which employees of that
employer were exposed
ƒ The hazard was recognized
ƒ The hazard was causing or was likely to
cause death or serious physical harm
ƒ There was a feasible and useful method to
correct the hazard
Reference: FIRM Chapter III (C)(2)(c)
ƒ Not the lack of a particular abatement method
ƒ Not a particular accident
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SIC 1300 Standards Cited by OSHA
Compliance Officers under 5(a)(1)
October 2005 through September 2006
ƒ API RP 54: 19 different sections, some
multiple times
ƒ API RP 4G: 5 citations
ƒ ASME/ANSI B30 series: 3 citations
ƒ API 9B: 1 citation
ƒ NEC: 1 citation
ƒ Company safety practices: 3 citations
ƒ Operating manuals: 5 citations
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API RP 54
mended Practice for Occupational Safety for
Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing Operation
1 General
Purpose: mend practices and
procedures for promotion and
maintenance of safe working conditions
for personnel engaged in drilling
operations and well servicing
operations, including special services
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1 General
Scope: rotary drilling rigs, well servicing
rigs, special services
ƒ Operations on location
ƒ Not seismic or water well drilling
ƒ Not site preparation or site abandonment
Responsibility:
ƒ Each employer trains own employees
ƒ Operator and contractor share information
ƒ Immediate supervision of authorized person with
authority menc