Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0013 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Services › Chapter 1 - GENERAL › Section 1-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) As used in these rules and regulations,
				unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(i) "Act" means the State of Wyoming
				Occupational Health and Safety Act, as amended 1992.
(ii) "Administrator" means the Administrator
				of the Workers' Safety and Compensation Division.
(iii) "ANSI" means American National
				Standards Institute.
(iv)
				"Approved" means sanctioned, endorsed, accredited, certified, or accepted by a
				duly constituted and recognized authority or agency.
(v) "ASTM" means American Society or Testing
				and Materials.
(vi) "ASME" means
				American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
(vii) "Authorized Person" means a person
				approved or assigned by the employer to perform a specific type of duty or
				duties or to be at a specific location or locations at the job site.
(viii) "Combustible liquid" means an liquid
				having a flashpoint at or above 100° F. (37.8°) (See "Flashpoint"
				Definition-(20)). Combustible liquids shall be divided into classes as follows:
(A) "Class II liquids" shall include those
				with flash-points at or above 100°F. (37.8°C) and be 140°F.
				(60°C.), except any mixture having components with flashpoints of
				200°F. (93.3°C.) or higher, the volume of which make up 99 percent or
				more of the total volume of the mixture. Example: Stoddard Solvent, Fuel Oil
				No. 2.
(B) "Class III liquids"
				shall include those with flash-points at or above 140°F. (60°C.) Class
				III liquids are subdivided into two sub-classes:
(I) "Class IIIA liquids" shall include those
				with flashpoints at or above 140°F. (60°C.) and below 200°F.
				(93.3°C.), except any mixture having components with flashpoints of
				200°F. (93.3°C.) or higher, the total volume of which make up 99
				percent or more of the total volume of the mixture. Example: Fuel Oil No.
				6.
(II) "Class IIIB liquids" shall
				include those with flashpoints at or above 200°F. (93.3°C). Example:
				Ethylene Glycol (Anti-freeze).
(A) When a combustible liquid is heated for
				use to within 30°F. (l6.7°C.) of its flashpoint, it shall be handled in
				accordance with the requirements for the next lower class of
				liquids.
(ix)
				"Commission" means the State of Wyoming Occupational Health and Safety
				Commission.
(x) "Competent Person"
				means one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the
				surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous
				to employees and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to
				eliminate them or who can recommend directly to persons in authority that such
				corrective measures be taken.
(xi)
				""Contractor" means any person and/or employer (see definition of "person"
				and/or "employer") who contracts all or any part of oil and gas well
				drilling.
(xii) "Sub-Contractor"
				means any person and/or employer (see definition of person and/or employer) who
				contracts to perform any part of oil and gas well servicing from a
				contractor.
(xiii) "Defect" means
				any characteristic or condition which tends to weaken or reduce the strength of
				a tool, object or structure of which it is a part, beyond the recognized
				operating limitations of the tool, object or structure.
(xiv) "Department" means the Department of
				Employment.
(xv) "Employee" means a
				person permitted to work by an employer in employment for wages, salary or
				commission.
(xvi) "Employer" means
				any individual or organization including the State and all its political
				subdivisions which has in its employ one or more individuals performing
				services for it in employment.
(xvii) "Employment" means all services for
				pay under a contract for hire.
(xviii) "Established Federal Standard" means
				any operative standard established by
Public Law 91-596, the
				Williams-Steiger Act
, which applies to all business, including the Oil
				and Gas Well Servicing Industry, in effect on or before date of promulgation of
				these rules and regulations.
(xix)
				"Flammable Liquid" means any liquid having a flashpoint below 100°F.
				(37.8°C.), except any mixture having components with flash-points of
				100°F. (37.8°C.) or higher, the total of which make up 99 percent or
				more of the total volume of the mixture. Flammable liquids shall be known as
				Class I liquids. Class I liquids are divided into three classes as follows:
(A) Class IA shall include liquids having
				flashpoints below 73°F. (22.8°C.) and having a boiling point below
				100°F. (37.8°C.). Example: LPG.
(B) Class IB shall include liquids having
				flashpoints below 73°F. (22.8°C.) and having a boiling point at or
				above 100°F. (37.8°C.). Example: Acetone, Methyl Ethyl
				Ketone.
(C) Class IC shall include
				liquids having flashpoints at or above 73°F. (22.8°C.) and below
				100°F. (37.8°C.). Example: Turpentine.
(xx) "Flashpoint" means the minimum
				temperature at which a liquid gives off vapor within a test vessel in
				sufficient concentration to form an ignitable mixture with air near the surface
				of the liquid and shall be determined as follows:
(A) For a liquid which has a viscosity of
				less than 45 SUS at l00°F. (37.8°C.), does not contain suspended
				solids, and does not have a tendency to form a surface film while under test,
				the procedure specified in the
Standard Method of Test for Flashpoint
				by Tag Closed Tester (ASTM D-56-70)
shall be used.
(B) For a liquid which has a viscosity of 45
				SUS or more at l00°F. (37.8°C.), or contains suspended solids or has a
				tendency to form a surface film while under test, the
Standard Method
				of Test for Flashpoint by Pensky-Martens Closed Tester (ASTM D-93-71)
shall be used, except that the methods specified in
Note 1 to
				Section 1.1 of ASTM D-93-71
may be used for the respective materials
				specified in the Note.
(C) For a
				liquid that is a mixture of compounds that have different volatilities and
				flashpoints, its flashpoint shall be determined by using the procedure
				specified in paragraph (20) (A) or (B) of this section on the liquid in the
				form it is shipped. If the flashpoint, as determined by this test, is 100°F
				(37.8°C.) or higher, an additional flashpoint determination shall be run on
				a sample of the liquid evaporated to 90 percent of its original volume, and the
				lower value of the two tests shall be considered the flashpoint of the
				material.
(D) Organic peroxides,
				which undergo auto accelerating thermal decomposition, are excluded from any of
				the flashpoint determination methods specified in this subparagraph.
(xxi) "Guarded" means covered,
				shielded, fenced, enclosed, or otherwise protected by means of suitable covers
				or casings, barrier rails, safety bars, or screens, to eliminate the
				possibility of accidental contact with, or dangerous approach by, persons or
				objects.
(xxii) "Hazard" means any
				occupational condition or circumstance which is likely to cause death, injury
				or illness.
(xxiii) "Hazardous
				Substance" means a substance which, by reason of being explosive, flammable,
				poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing, irritating or otherwise harmful, is likely to
				cause occupational death, injury or illness.
(xxiv) "Hospitalization" means admitted to
				the hospital for treatment for a period of twenty-four (24) hours or
				more.
(xxv) "Moving Parts" means
				gears, sprockets, revolving shafts, clutches, belts, pulleys, or other
				revolving or reciprocating parts that are attached to, or form an integral part
				of a machine.
(xxvi) "National
				Consensus Standard" means any standard or modification thereof which:
(A) Has been adopted and promulgated by any
				nationally recognized standards-producing organization under procedures whereby
				it can be determined by the Secretary of Labor or by the Assistant Secretary of
				Labor that persons interested and affected by the scope or provisions of the
				standard have reached substantial agreement on its adoption;
(B) Was formulated in a manner which afforded
				an opportunity for diverse views to be considered; an
(C) Has been designated as such a standard by
				the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary, after consultation with other
				appropriate Federal agencies.
(xxvii) "Person" means an individual,
				governmental agency, partnership, association, corporation, business , trust,
				receiver, trustee, legal representative or successor to any of the
				foregoing.
(xxviii) "Personal fall
				arrest system" means a system used to arrest an employee in a fall from a
				working level. It consists of an anchorage, connectors, a body harness, and may
				include a lanyard, deceleration device, lifeline, or suitable combinations of
				these.
(xxix) "Place of Employment"
				means plant, premises, or any other place where directed by the employer or
				about which an employee is permitted to work.
(xxx) "Power Transmission" means equipment
				such as shafting, gears, belts, pulleys, or other parts used for transmitting
				power to the machine.
(xxxi)
				"Qualified" means one who by possession of a recognized degree, certificate, or
				professional standing, or who by extensive knowledge, training and experience
				has successfully demonstrated ability to solve or resolve problems relating to
				the subject matter, the work or the project.
(xxxii) "Safety Factor" means the ratio of
				the ultimate breaking strength of a member or piece of material or equipment to
				the actual working stress.
(xxxiii)
				"Secretary" means the Secretary of the U. S. Department of Labor.
(A) May be referred to as the Assistant
				Secretary.
(xxxiv)
				"Shall" means mandatory.
(xxxv)
				"Should" means recommended.
(xxxvi)
				"Standard" means a standard which requires conditions, or the adoption or use
				of one or more practices, means, methods, operations or processes reasonably
				necessary or appropriate to provide safe or healthful employment and places of
				employment in the Oil and Gas Well Servicing Industry.
(xxxvii) "Suitable" means that which fits,
				and has the qualities or qualifications to meet a given purpose , occasion,
				condition, function or circumstance.
(xxxiii) "Suitable anchor" means that it is
				capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds per employee attached or shall be
				designed, installed, and used as follows:
(i)
				as part of a complete personal fall arrest system which maintains a safety
				factor of at least two; and
(ii)
				under the supervision of a qualified person.
(xxxix) "Supervisor" means a person who has
				been given the control, direction and/or supervision of work performed by one
				or more employees.
(xl) "Variances"
				means exception to promulgated standards, rules and regulations. As stated in
				the Act
											27-11-111 --Variances,
"Any person
				affected by this Act may request a variance to any standard, rule or regulation
				promulgated under this Act."
(xli) "Well" means a hole in the ground:
(A) made, or being made, by drilling, boring,
				or in any other manner, and from which oil or gas is obtained, or is
				obtainable; or is for the purpose of attempting to obtain oil or gas;
(B) made or being made, by drilling or boring
				for the purpose of obtaining water to inject to an underground
				formation;
(C) used, drilled or
				being drilled for the purpose of injecting gas, air, water or other substance
				to an underground formation;
(D)
				which is a test-hole, excluding seismic drilling; or
(E) drilled, or being drilled, for any other
				purpose than listed above using equipment and machinery normally used for oil
				and gas well servicing.
(xlii) "Well Operator" means an individual or
				organization who has the responsibility, management, and general control of an
				oil or gas well as lessee, sub-lessee, owner or assignee.
(xliii) "Well servicing" means any action or
				work other than the original drilling of the well, related, but not limited to,
				the completion, recompletion, down hole maintenance, or termination of the
				well.