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Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0009 - OSHA - Information Practices › Chapter 2 - RULES › Section 2-4 - Personnel Records

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The individual
				who is an employee of the department has the right to view his or her own
				personnel file that is maintained within the department. All of the contents of
				an individual's personnel file shall be available to the duly elected and
				appointed officials who supervise the work of the employee and to past
				employees of the department to whom the record pertains. Requests for
				recommendations of past employees shall be limited to employment dates and
				responsibilities, the gross annual salary of a present or past employee, in
				addition to a simple affirmative or negative response as to reemployment with
				the agency. The department shall be prepared to fully document and defend any
				negative recommendation of a former employee and will allow that employee, if
				he or she requests, to receive a full written explanation of the negative
				recommendation. Further, the department shall allow the former employee to
				enter his or her version of the facts surrounding his or her employment with
				the department to be made available to any future employer upon authorization
				of the former employee.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0009 - OSHA - Information Practices › Chapter 2 - RULES › Section 2-5 - Storage and Maintenance

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Files shall be
				maintained for a period of five years following the calendar year to which they
				pertain. Due to the Statute of Limitations, as provided in Title
				1,
										1-3-105 and
				1-3-109 of the Wyoming Statutes,
				files shall be kept for period of ten (10) years following the calendar year to
				which they pertain.
(b) This agency
				shall:
(i) Maintain any record that is used
				to make determinations about an individual with such accuracy, timeliness,
				relevance and completeness as is reasonably necessary to assure fairness to the
				individual.
(ii) Not maintain any
				record on how an individual exercises his or her rights under the First
				Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
(iii) Not maintain any system of records
				whose very existence is a secret from the public.
(iv) Maintain files in a locked cabinet
				during the night, and, on weekends and holidays, in a locked building. Only
				authorized office personnel shall have access to the file cabinets.
(v) Maintain all systems of personal
				information in a manner that is conducive to inspection and
				amendment.
(vi) Maintain only that
				information about an individual necessary to accomplish the agency's purposes
				as authorized by statute or administrative regulation.
(vii) Collect information to the greatest
				extent possible directly from the individual who is the subject of the
				record.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0009 - OSHA - Information Practices › Chapter 2 - RULES › Section 2-6 - Administrator

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Whenever there is doubt to whether
				information should be transferred, opened or disseminated in any way, only the
				administrator has the authority of decision.
(b) Any questions regarding the legality of
				any department function will be referred to the administrator for course of
				action.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 1 - GENERAL › Section 1-1 - Authority, Purpose and Scope

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The
				Occupational Health and Safety Commission is empowered by
27-11-105,
				Wyoming Statutes,
to devise, formulate, adopt, amend and repeal rules
				and regulations governing the health and safety of employees and employers
				covered by the Act.
(b) The purpose
				and scope of these rules and regulations are:
(i) To provide standards and rules and
				regulations to safeguard the life, limb and health of employees and employers
				in the Oil and Gas Well Drilling Industry.
(ii) To provide the minimum requirements for
				compliance by each place of employment in the Oil and Gas Well Drilling
				Industry.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 1 - GENERAL › Section 1-3 - Petition for Promulgation, Amendment or Repeal of Rules and Regulations

Current through July 13, 2024
Any interested person may petition in writing the Department
				  or Commission requesting the promulgation, amendment or repeal of any rules and
				  regulations and may accompany his petition with relevant data, views and
				  arguments. The Department or Commission may prescribe by rule the form of such
				  petition and the procedure for their [its] submission, consideration and
				  disposition. Upon submission of such a petition, the Commission, as soon as
				  practicable, either shall deny the petition in writing (stating its reasons for
				  the denial) or initiate rulemaking proceedings in accordance with
										16-3-103,
Wyoming Statutes
.
				  The action of the Commission in a petition shall be final and not subject to
				  review.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 1 - GENERAL › Section 1-4 - Amendments for Rules and Regulations

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Commission
				shall have the authority under
27-11-105(b)(ii) of the Act,
to
				devise, formulate, adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations promulgated
				under the Act.
(b) In the event of
				conflict among any such standards, the Commission shall take the action
				necessary to eliminate the conflict, including the amendment or revocation of a
				rule or regulation, so as to assure the greatest protection of the health and
				safety of the employees and employers affected by the Act.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 1 - GENERAL › Section 1-5 - Applicability of Rules and Regulations

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) In addition to
				the requirements contained in the State of Wyoming Occupational Health and
				Safety 1910 - General Rules and Regulations and those Wyoming Occupational
				Health and Safety 1926 - Construction Rules which apply to site clearing, rig
				erection and rig dismantling, these rules and regulations shall apply to all
				business and industries, employers and employees on the job site.
(b) If a particular requirement contained
				herein is specifically applicable to a condition, practice, means, method,
				operation, or process, it shall prevail over any different general rule or
				regulation which might otherwise be applicable to the same condition, practice,
				means, method, operation, or process.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 1 - GENERAL › Section 1-6 - Incorporation by Reference

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The standards,
				rules and regulations of the U.S. Government, National Fire Protection
				Association, American National Standards Institute and other organizations
				which are not agencies of the State of Wyoming which are legally incorporated
				by reference in these rules and regulations, shall have the same force and
				effect as these rules and regulations for Oil and Gas Well Drilling.
(b) Copies of the standards, rules and
				regulations which are incorporated by reference may be examined at the office
				of Wyoming Workers' Safety OSHA in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Copies of such private
				standards, rules or regulations may be obtained from the issuing organizations.
				Their names and addresses are listed in these rules and regulations.
(c) Any changes in the standards, rules or
				regulations incorporated by reference in these rules and regulations and an
				official historic file of such changes are available for inspection at the
				office of Wyoming Workers' Safety OSHA, in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 2 - ADOPTION & EXTENSION OF ESTABLISHED RULES & REGULATIONS › Section 2-1 - Scope and Purpose

Current through July 13, 2024
The Commission shall devise, formulate, adopt, amend and
				  repeal rules and regulations as provided by the Act as deemed necessary and
				  advisable for the protection of every employer, employee and employment in the
				  Oil and Gas Well Drilling Industry.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 2 - ADOPTION & EXTENSION OF ESTABLISHED RULES & REGULATIONS › Section 2-2 - Effective Dates

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules and regulations and any changes to standards,
				  rules and regulations become effective upon their filing with the Wyoming
				  Secretary of State, in accordance with Wyoming statutes pertaining to
				  rulemaking procedure.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 3 - GENERAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAMS › Section 3-1 - General Rules for Well Operators, Employers, Employees, Contractors and Sub-Contractors

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Each well
				operator, employer, employee, contractor and subcontractor shall separately be
				charged with the responsibilities and duties as required by the Act, the Rules
				of Practice and Procedure, the Rules and Regulations (General), the Rules and
				Regulations for Construction and these rules and regulations, as they relate to
				the machinery, tools, materials or equipment and to the employees of each of
				them as applicable.
(b) Accident
				prevention responsibilities:
(i) It shall be
				the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as
				may be necessary to comply with these rules and regulations.
(ii) Such programs shall provide for frequent
				and regular inspections of the establishment, materials, and equipment to be
				made by competent persons designated by the employer.
(iii) The employer shall prohibit the use of
				any machinery, tool, material, or equipment which he knows or reasonably should
				know is not in compliance with any applicable requirement of these rules and
				regulations. Such machine, tool, material, or equipment shall either be
				identified as unsafe by locking the controls to render them inoperable or shall
				be physically removed from its place of operation.
(iv) The employer shall permit only
				authorized persons, or employees being trained under the supervision of a
				qualified person(s) to operate equipment or machinery.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 3 - GENERAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAMS › Section 3-2 - Safety Training and Education

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Education and
				training of employees in the recognition, avoidance and prevention of unsafe
				conditions in employments covered by these rules and regulations shall be
				given.
(b) Each employee shall be
				instructed in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the rules
				and regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any
				occupational hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.
(c) Employees required to handle or use
				poisons, corrosives, and other harmful substances shall be instructed regarding
				the safe handling and use, and be made aware of the potential hazards, personal
				hygiene and personal protective measures required.
(d) Employees required to handle or use
				flammable liquids, gases, or toxic materials shall be instructed in the safe
				handling and use of these materials and made aware of the specific requirements
				contained in
Subpart G and H and other applicable subparts of the State
				of Wyoming Occupational Health and Safety 1910 - General Rules and
				Regulations.
(e) All
				employees required to enter into confined or enclosed spaces shall be
				instructed as to the nature of the hazards involved, the necessary precautions
				to be taken, and in the use of protective and emergency equipment required. The
				employer shall comply with any specific regulations that apply to work in
				dangerous or potentially dangerous areas.
(i)
				For purposes of this paragraph, "confined or enclosed space" means any space
				having a limited means of egress, which is subject to the accumulation of toxic
				or flammable contaminants or has an oxygen deficient atmosphere. Confined or
				enclosed spaces include, but are not limited to, storage tanks, process
				vessels, bins, boilers, ventilation or exhaust ducts, sewers, underground
				utility vaults, tunnels, pipelines, and open top spaces more than four (4) feet
				in depth such as pits, tubs, vaults, and vessels.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 3 - GENERAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAMS › Section 3-3 - First Aid and Medical Attention

Current through July 13, 2024
First aid services and provisions for medical care shall be
				  made available for every employee covered by these rules and regulations.
				  Regulations prescribing specific requirements for first aid, medical attention,
				  and emergency facilities are contained in Chapter 4, Section
				  5. of these rules and
				  regulations.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 3 - GENERAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAMS › Section 3-4 - Fire Prevention and Protection

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) There shall be
				developed and maintained an effective fire prevention and protection program at
				the job site.
(b) Such fire program
				shall have the following requirements:
(i)
				Fire fighting equipment shall not be tampered with and shall not be removed for
				other than the intended fire fighting purpose,
(ii) Fire extinguishers and other fire
				fighting equipment shall be suitably located and plainly labeled as to their
				type and method of operation.
(iii)
				Used cleaning rags and combustible waste material shall be kept to a minimum,
				stored in closed metal containers and disposed of daily.
(iv) Access to exits or fire extinguishers
				shall not be blocked or obscured by clothing, materials or equipment.
(v) Well cellars, well floors and ground
				areas adjacent to derricks shall be kept free from accumulation of oil which
				might create or aggravate fire hazards.
(vi) Fire protection and fire fighting
				equipment shall be maintained in a serviceable condition at all
				times.
(vii) Records shall be kept
				showing the date fire extinguishers were last inspected, tested or refilled,
				and by whom.
(viii) All fire
				extinguishers shall be maintained, inspected and hydrostatically tested in
				accordance with
1910-157 of the State of Wyoming Occupational Health
				and Safety 1910 -General Rules and Regulations
.
(ix) Every drilling rig shall have readily
				accessible not less than four (4) approved (Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc. or
				Factory Mutual Engineering Corp.) extinguishers, each with a minimum capacity
				of twenty (20) pounds multi-purpose dry chemical, or equivalent rated material.
				The above is minimum and many occasions may warrant more equipment of larger
				size.
(a) CBM Natural Gas drilling rigs shall
				have readily accessible not less than two (2) approved extinguishers with a
				minimum capacity of twenty (20) pounds multi-purpose dry chemical.
(b) All drilling rig crew at the rig site
				will be trained in the proper use of a multi-purpose fire extinguisher annually
				to control or extinguish incipient stage fires.
(x) Carbon tetrachloride extinguishers shall
				not be permitted.
(xi) Every
				welding operation shall have a suitable extinguisher available.
(xii) Extreme caution shall be used with open
				flames around oil and gas operations.
(xiii) Natural or liquefied petroleum gas
				(LPG) shall not be used to operate spray guns or other pneumatic
				equipment.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 3 - GENERAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAMS › Section 3-5 - Acceptable Inspections

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Pressure
				vessels. Valid inspection by an insurance company or regulatory authority shall
				be deemed as acceptable evidence of safe installation, inspection and testing
				of pressure vessels provided by the employer.
(b) Boilers. Boilers provided by the employer
				shall be deemed to be in compliance with these requirements when evidence of
				current and valid certification by an insurance company or regulatory authority
				attesting to the safe installation, inspection and testing is
				presented.
(c) Other requirements.
				Regulations prescribing specific requirements for other types of pressure
				vessels and similar equipment are contained in
Subpart M of the State
				of Wyoming Occupational Health and Safety 1910 - General Rules and
				Regulations.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 3 - GENERAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAMS › Section 3-6 - Illumination

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Adequate lighting shall be provided in
				all work areas governed by these rules and regulations.
(b) Work areas shall be illuminated by not
				less than the specified footcandles of light indicated in
Chapter 6,
				Section
				5.
of these rules and
				regulations.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 4 - PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT › Section 4-1 - Head Protection

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) An approved
				helmet (safety hard hat) shall be required to be worn by all employees while
				within working areas, with the exception of self-contained areas such as truck
				cabs and field offices.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 4 - PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT › Section 4-2 - Eye and Face Protection

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) General.
(i) The use of protective eye and face
				equipment where there is a potential of injury that can be prevented by such
				equipment shall be required. In such cases, the use of a type of protector
				suitable for the work to be performed shall be required. No unprotected person
				shall knowingly be subjected to a hazardous environmental condition. Suitable
				eye protectors shall be required where machines or operations present the
				hazard of flying objects, glare, liquids, injurious radiation, or a combination
				of these hazards.
(ii) Protectors
				shall meet the following minimum requirements:
(A) They shall provide adequate protection
				against the particular hazards for which they are designed.
(i) Safety glasses shall be the wrap around
				type or with side shields.
(B) They shall be reasonably comfortable when
				worn under the designated conditions.
(C) They shall fit snugly and shall not
				unduly interfere with the movements of the wearer.
(D) They shall be durable.
(E) They shall be capable of being
				disinfected.
(F) They shall be
				easily cleanable.
(G) They shall be
				kept clean and in good repair.
(iii) Employees whose vision requires the use
				of corrective lenses and spectacles, and who are required by these rules and
				regulations to wear eye protection, shall be required to wear goggles or
				spectacles of one of the following types:
(A)
				Spectacles whose protective lenses provide optical correction.
(B) Goggles that can be worn over corrective
				spectacles without disturbing the adjustment of the spectacles.
(C) Goggles that incorporate corrective
				lenses mounted behind the protective lenses.
(iv) Every protector shall be distinctly
				marked to facilitate identification of the manufacturer.
(v) When limitations or precautions are
				indicated by the manufacturer, they shall be transmitted to the user and care
				taken to see that such limitations and precautions are strictly
				observed.
(vi) Design,
				construction, testing, and use of devices for eye and face protection shall be
				in accordance with
American National Standard for Occupational and
				Educational Eye and Face Protection, ANSI Z87.1- Current
				Edition.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 4 - PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT › Section 4-3 - Occupational Foot Protection

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Safety shoes or
				safety boots shall be required to be worn in the working areas.
(b) Metatarsal guards should be required as
				additional protection where the danger of a crushing injury to the arch of the
				foot exists.
(c) Safety-toe
				footwear for employees shall meet the requirements and specifications of
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) F-2412-Current
				Edition "Standard Test Methods for Foot Protection," and ASTM F-2413-Current
				Edition, "Standard Specification for Performance Requirements for Protective
				Footwear".
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 4 - PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT › Section 4-4 - General

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Unreasonably loose, poorly fitted or torn
				clothing shall not be worn.
(b)
				Clothing which has been saturated with flammable or toxic substances shall be
				immediately removed, and the affected skin area thoroughly washed.
(c) Hazardous jewelry, such as finger rings,
				chain bracelets, etc., should not be worn. This is not intended to include
				wristwatches equipped with bands which will easily break.
(d) Hair of such length that it may become
				entangled in moving or rotating machinery shall be contained in a suitable
				manner. Beards and sideburns of employees shall be kept in such condition and
				of such length so as not to interfere with the proper and efficient use of gas
				masks, air masks, or other safety apparel or equipment.
(e) Where these rules and regulations
				prescribe the use of full body harnesses:
(i)
				An approved full body harness, provided by the employer, suitable for the
				particular job or hazard exposure shall be worn, and shall be attached by means
				of a personal fall arrest system to a suitable anchor and adjusted to allow a
				minimum drop, in no case greater than six (6) feet;
(ii) A separate life line shall be provided
				for each employee exposed to the particular job or hazard;
(iii) Personal fall arrest system components,
				ie., anchorage, connectors, full body harness, etc., shall be inspected prior
				to each use and shall be repaired or replaced if found to be
				defective.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 4 - PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT › Section 4-5 - Emergency Equipment

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any area
				suspected of insufficient oxygen or contamination by flammable or toxic gases,
				such as Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) vapors or dust shall not
				be entered until sufficient tests have been made with appropriate instruments
				to determine extent of hazard and area is purged to reduce the hazard to an
				allowable concentration.
(i) In the event of
				the presence of H2S the following limits of exposure
				shall apply:
(A) Ceiling value = 10
				ppm
(B) Time weighted average (TWA)
				= 10 ppm
(C) Acceptable maximum
				peak above the acceptable ceiling concentration for an eight (8) hour shift =
				50 ppm. (10 minutes once only if no other measurable exposure
				occurs.)
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 5 - SAFEGUARDS › Section 5-2 - Safety Procedures for Welding, Cutting and Brazing

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
				Welding, cutting and brazing within seventy-five (75) feet of well bore shall
				require a written hot work permit in accordance with Chapter 6 section
				8, (c) (iv).
(i) Welding, cutting and brazing more than
				seventy-five (75) feet from the well bore shall be performed in compliance with
Subpart Q of the State of Wyoming Occupational Health and Safety 1910 -
				General Rules and Regulations.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 6 - FACILITIES › Section 6-2 - Fixed Ladders

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Design
				requirements and considerations. All ladders, appurtenances, and fastenings
				shall be designed to meet the following load requirements:
(i) The minimum design live-load shall be a
				single concentrated load of 200 pounds.
(ii) The number and position of additional
				concentrated live-load units of 200 pounds each as determined from anticipated
				usage of the ladder shall be considered in the design.
(iii) The live-loads imposed by persons
				occupying the ladder shall be considered to be concentrated at such points as
				will cause the maximum stress in the structural member being
				considered.
(iv) The weight of the
				ladder and attached appurtenances together with the live-load shall be
				considered in the design of rails and fastenings.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 6 - FACILITIES › Section 6-3 - Construction and Loading of Pipe Racks

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) General
				requirements.
(i) Construction of pipe racks
				shall be so designed as to support any load to be placed thereon.
(A) Pipe racks shall be set level laterally
				on a stable foundation. They may slope front to back to facilitate laying down
				or picking up pipe.
(B) Provision
				shall be made to prevent pipe, tubular material or other round material from
				rolling off pipe racks.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 6 - FACILITIES › Section 6-4 - Flammable Liquid Handling and Storage (Flashpoint Less Than 100°F.)

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Requirements.
(i) Only approved containers, or approved
				safety containers, shall be used as containers of flammable liquids having a
				flashpoint lower than 100°F., such as gasoline, naphtha, etc.
(ii) Smoking or open flames shall not be
				allowed within seventy five (75) feet of the handling of flammable liquids. Any
				engine being refueled shall be shut off during such refueling.
(iii) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) shall be
				handled in accordance with the
State of Wyoming Occupational Health and
				Safety 1910 - General Rules and Regulations,
Subpart
H,
in all operations.
(iv) An electrical bond shall be maintained
				between containers when a flammable liquid is being transferred from one to the
				other.
(v) Storage of flammable
				liquids shall be in approved containers.
(vi) Discharge nozzles and valves shall be of
				the quick, self-closing type.
(vii)
				Except for the fuel in the tanks of the operating equipment, which may include
				a totally-enclosed day tank system, no gasoline or other flammable fuel shall
				be stored closer than seventy five (75) feet of a well.
(A) A totally enclosed day tank system means
				that the tank capacity and its piping shall be no greater than that necessary
				for twenty four (24) hours continuous operation.
(viii) Drainage from any fuel storage shall
				be in a direction away from the well.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 6 - FACILITIES › Section 6-5 - Illumination Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) For the purpose
				of these Rules and Regulations, all foot-candle power readings shall be taken
				18 inches above all walking and working surfaces.
(b) Lighting around a derrick shall be
				sufficient to provide illumination at all times of:
(i) An average of five (5) footcandle power
				on the whole of the derrick floor, with no less than three (3) footcandle power
				at any point; and
(ii) A minimum of
				three (3) footcandle power at all other walking and working surfaces.
(
NOTE:
The above are minimum requirements, and
				  many circumstances, including weather, may warrant higher lighting
				  values.)
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 6 - FACILITIES › Section 6-6 - Hoisting Lines, Wire Rope, Fiber Rope and Chains

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Every
				hoisting line (wire rope) used in drilling operations shall have a minimum
				safety factor of three (3), determined as follows:
Safety Factor = B (Nominal breaking point of the wire rope in
				  pounds) / W (Calculated total static load in pounds)
(i) A minimum safety factor of two (2) shall
				be permitted only in the following operations:
(A) On rotary drilling line when setting
				casing, or
(B) When pulling on
				stuck pipe and similar infrequent operations.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 6 - FACILITIES › Section 6-8 - Area Classifications, Facilities and Electrical Equipment

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Area Classifications. Areas on gas and
				oil drilling rigs are classified as Zones I, II and III. These zones classify
				the area of the facilities as well as the classification for electrical
				equipment.
(i) Zone I includes a radial
				distance within six (6) feet of the shale shaker.
(A) When the shale shaker is enclosed so as
				not to provide adequate ventilation, the area within the enclosure shall be
				classified as Zone I.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 7 - OPERATIONS › Section 7-1 - Raising or Lowering Derrick or Mast

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A complete
				inspection of hoisting components shall be made by the tool pusher (or other
				qualified employee) before a derrick or mast is raised or lowered.
(b) The mast crown shall be equipped with
				sheave guards which shall prevent the hoisting lines from being displaced from
				the sheaves during operations or when being raised or lowered from the
				operating position.
(c) The tool
				pusher (or other qualified employee) shall be in charge and present during the
				operation of raising or lowering a derrick.
(d) No employee shall be under a derrick
				being raised or lowered.
(e)
				Truck-mounted derricks or masts shall not be moved while in a raised position.
				This does not apply to the skidding of a drilling rig.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 7 - OPERATIONS › Section 7-2 - Anchoring and Guy Wires

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Every rig shall
				be equipped with the number and size of guy wires as recommended by the
				manufacturer. In the case of truck or trailer mounted rigs where no
				manufacturer's recommendations are made, appropriate guy wires shall be used.
				Exception: This rule does not apply when the manufacturer does not recommend
				the use of wind guys and the following conditions are met:
(i) no one is in the mast during
				operation,
(ii) no drill pipe,
				casing, etc. is racked in the mast,
(iii) outriggers are utilized, and
(iv) the mast height is sixty (60) feet or
				less.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 7 - OPERATIONS › Section 7-3 - Blowout Equipment

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Requirements.
(i) Blowout prevention equipment in all
				drilling operations shall be:
(A) in
				accordance with recognized safe practice,
(B) reasonably adequate to keep the well
				under control at all times,
(C)
				inclusive of blowout preventers, choke and kill lines, as necessary,
(D) maintained in good working condition at
				all times.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 7 - OPERATIONS › Section 7-4 - Operational Specifics

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Requirements.
(i) Spudding shall not commence until:
(A) all guards are in place on all equipment
				to be operated,
(B) all platforms,
				stairways and handrails are secured in position,
(C) the escape line with emergency descent
				device is installed, and
(D) A-leg
				pins are inserted in their proper A-leg holes and secured by safety pins to
				prevent their displacement.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 7 - OPERATIONS › Section 7-5 - Mud Pits and Tanks

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Requirements.
(i) Portable tanks shall be located where it
				is not possible for employees or equipment to come into contact with overhead
				power lines.
(ii) All discharge
				lines shall be properly secured.
(iii) No employee shall jump from one tank
				top to another.
(iv) All fixed mud
				guns used for jetting, shall be pinned or hobbled when unattended.
(v) Hoses used for jetting operations shall
				be manned and an employee stationed at the pump control to shut down the
				pressure in the event of an emergency.
(vi) When necessary for an employee(s) to
				enter a mud tank which has contained toxic fluid, the Rules and Regulations as
				specified in
Chapter 4, Section
				5. ,
shall apply.
(vii) Standard railings shall be provided on
				the inside of all mud tank walkways. Where such walkways are four (4) feet or
				more above ground level, both sides shall be provided with standard
				railings.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 7 - OPERATIONS › Section 7-6 - General Drilling Rules

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Surface casing
				shall be run to reach a depth to prevent blowouts or uncontrolled wells. In
				areas where pressures and formations are unknown, surface casing shall be of
				sufficient size to permit the use of an intermediate string, or strings of
				casing. Surface casing shall be set in or through an impervious formation and
				shall be cemented by the pump and plug or displacement or other approved method
				with sufficient cement to fill annulus to the top of the hole. If cement is not
				circulated to surface during the primary operation, supplemental cemented
				operations shall be performed to assure that the annular space from the casing
				shoe to the surface is filled with cement.
(b) The cemented casing string shall stand
				under pressure until the cement has reached a compressive strength of 300
				pounds per square inch: providing, however, that no further operation shall be
				commenced until the cement has been in place for at least eight (8) hours. The
				term "under pressure" as used herein shall be complied with if one (1) float
				valve is used or if pressure is otherwise held.
(c) Setting depths of all casing strings
				shall be determined by taking into account formation fracture gradients and the
				maximum anticipated pressure to be maintained within the well bore.
(d) If and when it becomes necessary to run a
				production string, such string shall be cemented by the pump and plug method
				and shall be properly tested by the pressure method before cement plugs are
				drilled.
(e) Any gas escaping from
				the well during drilling operations shall be, as far as practicable, conducted
				to a safe distance from the well site and burned in accord with the Rules and
				Regulations of the Department of Environmental Quality of the State of Wyoming,
				or otherwise safely disposed of.
(i) CBMNG
				drilling operations shall divert gas and fluids through an approved flowline
				into the mud pit at a minimum of thirty (30) feet from the well bore. The
				flowline shall be made of six (6) inch diameter schedule twenty (20) line pipe
				or equivalent, and securely anchored and bonded.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 7 - OPERATIONS › Section 7-7 - Smoking

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Smoking shall be prohibited on or under
				any part of the drilling rig within seventy five (75) feet of the well bore or
				within seventy five (75) feet of operations that constitute a fire hazard.
				Smoking shall be permitted only in areas designated for smoking.
(b) Designated smoking areas shall be
				conspicuously designed and identified.
(c) Matches and all smoking materials shall
				be left in a designated smoking area, so as to prevent anyone from
				inadvertently smoking.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 8 - SPECIAL SERVICES AND OPERATIONS › Section 8-2 - Safety Procedures for Drill Stem Tests

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Initial opening
				of drill stem test tools shall be restricted to daylight hours only.
(b) Fire extinguishers shall be checked to
				assure operational readiness before drill stem test tools are started in the
				hole.
(c) Blowout preventers,
				kill-line and fill-up line shall be checked to ensure that all such equipment
				is in proper working condition before drill stem test tools are started in the
				hole.
(i) Fill-up lines shall be installed to
				keep the casing full of drilling fluid. Separate provisions for kill lines
				shall be made.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 8 - SPECIAL SERVICES AND OPERATIONS › Section 8-3 - Flare Pits and Flare Lines

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) When lighting a
				flare pit the lighting shall be done from the upwind side. When there is no
				wind or when the wind direction is uncertain, no attempt shall be made to light
				the pit unless the operator can position himself in an explosive-free area. The
				use of hand thrown rags or similar flaming objects is prohibited.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 8 - SPECIAL SERVICES AND OPERATIONS › Section 8-5 - Cementing

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Specific requirements.
(i) A pressure test on pump discharge lines
				when squeeze cementing shall be made at 1,000 psi over the maximum pressure
				specified by customer for his well equipment.
(ii) All valves in discharge lines shall be
				checked to see that they are open before giving orders to pump.
(iii) During operations each employee
				designated to handle the pumping shall remain constantly at his designated
				position while the pump is in operation, unless relieved by an authorized
				employee as directed by the supervisor on that job.
(iv) Unauthorized persons shall remain at
				least seventy-five (75) from all pumping operations and pressure testing
				operations.
(v) Cementing pressure
				shall not exceed the equipment's maximum safe working pressure.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 8 - SPECIAL SERVICES AND OPERATIONS › Section 8-6 - Acidizing, Fracturing and Hot Oil Operations

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
				Specific requirements
(i) A check valve shall
				be placed in the discharge line as near the well bore as possible.
(ii) All blending equipment used in
				fracturing operations with flammable and/or combustible fluids shall be
				grounded to a conductive rod driven Into the ground and all sand hauling
				equipment unloading sand into blender hopper shall be "electrically bonded" to
				the blender.
(iii) All supercharged
				suction hoses shall be covered with hose covers to deflect fluids when pumping
				flammable an /or combustible fluids.
(iv) A pretreatment pressure test on pump
				discharge lines shall be made at 1,000 psi over the maximum expected treating
				pressure specified by the customer for his well equipment.
(v) All valves in discharge lines shall be
				checked to see that they are open before orders are given to pump.
(vi) During operations each employee
				designated to handle the pumping shall remain constantly at his designated
				position while the pump is in operation, unless relieved by an authorized
				employee as directed by the services supervisor on that job.
(vii) All acidizing, fracturing, and hot oil
				trucks and tanks shall be at least seventy-five (75) from the well bore.
(A) All special servicing equipment that
				could produce a source of ignition shall not be permitted within seventy-five
				(75) of any tank containing a flammable and/or combustible material.
(viii) Unauthorized persons shall
				remain at least seventy-five (75) from all pumping operations and pressure
				testing operations.
(ix) All
				flammable and/or combustible fluid spilled on location shall be covered with
				dirt before pumping operations start.
(x) The fire truck, when on location, shall
				be spotted upwind of the operation when possible.
(xi) Treating pressure shall not exceed
				equipment maximum safe working pressure.
(xii) If pumping a flammable and/or
				combustible fluid, all electrical or internal combustion equipment, and all
				fires, within seventy-five (75) of the well bore, not used for performance of
				the job, shall be shut down or off during treatment.
(xiii) Flammable and/or combustible fluids
				shall not be bled back into open measuring tanks on equipment designed for
				pumping.
(xiv) All spilled oil or
				acid shall be covered or properly disposed of after breakout with adequate
				precautions taken for personnel to prevent contact with such
				material.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 8 - SPECIAL SERVICES AND OPERATIONS › Section 8-7 - Safety Procedures for Fuel Tanks

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Specific
				requirements.
(i) Except for the fuel in the
				tanks of the operating equipment, Class III liquids, and those with flashpoints
				higher than Class III liquids, no gasoline or other liquid fuel shall be stored
				within seventy-five (75) of a well bore.
(ii) Propane or butane tanks shall be placed
				parallel to any side of the rig.
(iii) Tanks shall be properly marked to
				indicate their contents.
(iv)
				Piping and/or tubing for fuel tanks shall be protected against damage from
				vehicles by elevation, burying or other effective means.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 9 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE (H[2]S) GAS › Section 9-1 - Area Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) No hazard area
				- any well which will not penetrate a known H2S
				horizon.
(b) Low hazard area - any
				well which will penetrate a formation containing H2S
				with a known .35 psi/ft B.H. pressure gradient or less and/or in which the
				H2S zone-has been effectively sealed off by casing/
				cementing and/or cementing method.
(c) Medium hazard area - any well which will
				penetrate a formation containing H2S not defined in
				subsections a. and b. of this section.
(d) High hazard area - any operation expected
				to bring free H2S gas to the surface; i.e., DST,
				production testing, etc.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 9 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE (H[2]S) GAS › Section 9-2 - H[2]S Safety Equipment and Procedures

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The following
				safety equipment shall be provided and operational on site before the hole is
				500 feet above any formation (as defined in Chapter 9, Section
				1. ) suspected and/or known to contain
				H2S gas.
(i) No hazard
				area.
(A) No special
				H2S equipment shall be required.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 9 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE (H[2]S) GAS › Section 9-3 - Employee Instructions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Employees shall
				be instructed in the use of H2S safety equipment to be
				provided on site.
(i) The instruction of
				personnel shall include, as a minimum, the following elements:
(A) The characteristics of
				H2S and its hazards.
(B) Proper first-aid procedures to be used in
				a H2S knock-down.
(C) Use of personal protective
				equipment.
(D) Use and operation of
				all H2S monitoring systems.
(E) Corrective action and shutdown
				procedures.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › Chapter 10 - SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS › Section 10-1 - Boilers

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Portable boilers used for rig heating
				shall be constructed, installed, operated, inspected and repaired to conform to
				the
Engineering Standards of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,
				Sections I and VII-197l
.
(b) All boilers, while in operation, shall be
				under the supervision of a competent crew member.
(c) If any defects are found in a boiler or
				appurtenant equipment, the equipment operator in charge shall be notified
				immediately by the boiler operator, and immediate corrective action
				taken.
(d) The safety pressure
				relief valve and discharge end of exhaust pipes leading from boilers shall be
				located or placed in such a way as to prevent discharge from being released to
				the atmosphere where injury to any person or property may result.
(e) Steam boilers shall be located at least
				100 feet from the well bore. (They should be located on the prevailing upwind
				side of the rig.)
(f) Each boiler
				shall be equipped with safety pressure relief valves set at a pressure not to
				exceed the working pressure of the boiler.
(g) Fuel valves shall not be located in front
				of the fuel burner, thus reducing potential of a burn in case of a
				flashback.
(h) Ample lighting shall
				be provided so that water levels can be easily read.
(i) Boiler flues shall be kept reasonably
				clean at all times.
(j) Reclaimed
				water used in a boiler shall not be contaminated with crude or other
				oils.
(k) There shall be no valve
				at the discharge opening of a safety pressure relief valve or in the discharge
				pipe connected thereto.
(l) The
				safety pressure relief valve shall be connected as close to the boiler steam
				area as possible, with no valves and minimum piping between the safety pressure
				relief valve and boiler.
(m) The
				piping on the discharge side of the safety pressure relief valve shall be
				securely tied down and shall contain no valves.