Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 8 - SPECIAL SERVICES AND OPERATIONS › Section 8-1 - Safety Procedures for Special Services and Operations

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
				General Requirements.
(i) Fire extinguishers
				provided by special services employers shall be placed in an accessible
				position.
(ii) There shall be a
				minimum number of employees in the derrick or within six (6) feet of the well
				bore during the time a swab line or other wire line is being run in the
				hole.
(iii) A frozen flow line or
				hose shall not knowingly be flexed or hit.
(iv) Line wipers shall be adequately
				secured.
(v) Oil savers should not
				be adjusted while the line is in motion except by remote means.
(vi) Only a qualified person shall operate
				the cathead.
(vii) All discharge
				lines shall be laid with sufficient flexible joints, preventing rigidity so as
				to eliminate excess vibration at the well bore.
(viii) All valves and gauges shall be checked
				to be sure there is no pressure on the lubricator before working on or removing
				it. Prior to breaking out (rigging down), all pressure shall be bled off the
				lines that are to be broken out.
(ix) Prior to and during loosening a
				connection that has been pressurized and bled, checks shall be made for trapped
				pressure before disassembly.
(x)
				Lubricators, swages, and unions shall be visually checked for unsafe conditions
				prior to installation. Any defects adversely affecting safe operations, such as
				but not limited to cuts, corrosion and thread damage, shall be corrected prior
				to installation.
(xi) A lubricator
				or other adequate control devices shall be used to allow the removal of the
				downhole tool under controlled conditions.
(xii) Hammering shall not be permitted on the
				lubricator or a connection when it is subjected to pressure.
(xiii) The supervisor of the special service
				shall hold a pre-job meeting to review responsibilities for the operation to be
				performed.
(xiv) Precautions shall
				be taken to prevent personnel or vehicles from crossing under or over
				unprotected wire lines, pressurized hoses, or pipe.
(xv) Smoking or open fires shall be permitted
				only in designated areas.
(xvi)
				Tanks for flammable materials (except rig fuel tanks) shall be set a distance
				far enough away from the well bore to allow a minimum distance of seventy-five
				(75) feet from well bore and from equipment.
(xvii) Tanks for flammable materials shall be
				set so that if the tanks leak or rupture the flammable materials will drain
				away from the well and equipment by the use of ditches or dikes or their
				equivalent.
(xviii) Signals between
				supervisors, employees, or other persons involved shall be agreed upon prior to
				start of operations.
(xix) All
				discharge lines (pressure lines) shall be placed so as not to be under any
				mobile equipment nor shall any mobile equipment be placed over any such
				lines.
(xx) Any high pressure flow
				line or hose (in excess of 100 pounds pressure) shall be tied down securely to
				prevent whipping.
(xxi) When using
				an open ended flow line to flow or bleed off a well, it shall be secured at the
				end of the flow line and at each thirty (30) foot interval before opening the
				flow line.
(xxii) Tubing pulled
				from wells shall not be used for pressure lines, unless it has been checked and
				found to be satisfactory for the intended use.
(xxiii) Only necessary personnel shall be
				permitted near the pressurized lubricator, flow lines and well bore.
(xxiv) All well head adapters, wire line
				valves and lubricating equipment shall be of such design strength and material
				to withstand the maximum surface pressure of the well and the lateral movement
				of the lubricator.
(xxv) All
				applicable requirements of other sections of these rules and regulations, in
				addition to those found within this section, shall apply to special services
				and operations.