Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling › 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 State of Wyoming Occupational
				Health and Safety Act, as amended 1992.
(ii) "Administrator" means the Administrator
				of the Wyoming Workers' Safety - OSHA.
(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.
(vi) "ASME" means American Society of
				Mechanical Engineers.
(v) "ASTM"
				means American Society for Testing and Materials.
(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) "CBMNG" Means Coal Bed Methane Natural
				Gas.
(ix) "Combustible liquid"
				means any liquid having a flashpoint at or above 100°F. (37.8°C.). (See
				definition of "Flashpoint") Combustible liquids shall be divided into two
				classes as follows:
(A) "Class II liquids"
				shall include those with flashpoints at or above 100° F. (37.8°C.) and
				below 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
				ninety-nine (99) percent or more of the total volume of the mixture. Example:
				Stoddard Solvent; No.2 Fuel Oil.
(B) "Class III liquids" shall include those
				with flashpoints 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 ninety-nine (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.
(C) When a
				combustible liquid is heated for use to within 30°F. (16.7°C.) of its
				flashpoint, it shall be handled in accordance with the requirements for the
				next lower class of liquids.
(x) "Commission" means the State of Wyoming
				Occupational Health and Safety Commission.
(xi) "Competent Person" means one who is
				capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surrounding 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.
(xii)
				"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.
(xiii) "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 drilling from
				contractor.
(xiv) "Defect" means
				any characteristic or condition which tends to weaken or reduce the strength of
				the tool, object or structure of which it is a part, beyond the recognized
				operating limitations of the tool, object or structure.
(xv) "Department" means the Department of
				Workforce Services.
(xvi)
				"Drilling" (or "Drilling Operations") means any and all physical and mechanical
				aspects, including assembly and disassembly of all equipment customarily used
				in piercing or boring a well, as hereafter defined.
(xvii) "Employee" means a person permitted to
				work by an employer in employment for wages, salary or commission.
(xviii) "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.
(xix) "Employment"
				means all services for pay under a contract of hire.
(xx) "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 Drilling Industry, in effect on or before date of promulgation of
				these rules and regulations.
(xxi)
				"Finger" means a metal bar or structural steel shape which serves as a
				restraining support for pipe or other equipment racked in a derrick tower or
				mast.
(xxii) "Finger board" means a
				support for the finger. It may be a metal bar, structural steel shape, or an
				inside derrick platform secured in the derrick tower.
(xxiii) "First aid station" means an area
				designated as to where the primary supply of first aid equipment will be
				kept.
(xxiv) "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 ninety-nine (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.
(xxv) "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 100°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 100°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 Flash-point by Pensky-Martens Closed Tester (ASTM D-93-7I)
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
				(xxv) (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 ninety (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 autoaccelerating thermal decomposition, are excluded from any of
				the flashpoint determination methods specified in this subparagraph.
(xxvi) "Full body harness" means
				straps which may be secured about a person in a manner that will distribute the
				fall arrest forces over at least the thighs, pelvis, waist, chest, and
				shoulder, with means for attaching it to other components of a personal fall
				arrest system.
(xxvii) "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.
(xxviii)
				"Hazard" means any occupational condition or circumstance which is likely to
				cause death, injury or illness.
(xxvix) "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.
(xxx)
				"Hospitalization" means admitted to the hospital for treatment for a period of
				twenty-four (24) hours or more.
(xxxi) "Incipient Stage Fire" means a fire
				which is in the initial or beginning stage and which can be controlled or
				extinguished by portable fire extinguishers.
(xxxii) "Lower Explosive Limit " (LEL) means
				the lower limit of flammability of gas or vapor at ordinary ambient
				temperatures expressed by a percentage of gas or vapor in air by volume. This
				limit is assumed constant for temperatures up to 250°F (120°C) above
				this, it should be decreased by a factor of 0.7, because explosibility
				increases with higher temperatures.
(xxxiii) "Lower Explosive Limit (LEL)
				Monitor" means an instrument that measures the LEL of flammable
				gases.
(xxxiv) "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.
(xxxv) "National
				Consensus Standard" means any standard or modification thereof which:
(A) Has been adopted and promulgated by a
				nationally recognized standards-producing organization under procedures whereby
				it can by 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;
(C) Has been designated as such a standard by
				the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary after consultation with other
				appropriate Federal Agencies.
(xxxvi) "NFPA" means National Fire Protection
				Association.
(xxxvii) "Operator"
				means equipment operator.
(xxxviii)
				"Person" means an individual, governmental agency, partnership, association,
				corporation, business, trust, receiver, trustee, legal representative or
				successor to any of the foregoing.
(xxxix) "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 full body harness, and may include a lanyard,
				deceleration device, lifeline, or suitable combinations of these.
(xxxl) "Place of Employment" means plant,
				premises, or any other place where directed by the employer or about which an
				employee is permitted to work.
(xxxli) "Power Transmission" means equipment
				such as shafting, gears, belts, pulleys or other parts used for transmitting
				power to the machine, and shall include prime movers.
(xlii) "Pressure-vessel" means a storage tank
				or vessel which has been designed to operate at pressures above 15
				psi.
(xliii) "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.
(xliv) "Safety Factor" means the ratio of the
				ultimate breaking strength of a member or piece of material or equipment to the
				actual working stress.
(xlv)
				"Secretary" means the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.
(A) May be referred to as the Assistant
				Secretary.
(xlvi)
				"Shall" means mandatory.
(xlvii)
				"Should" means recommended.
(xlviii) "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 Drilling Industry.
(xlix)
				"Suitable" means that which fits, and has the qualities or qualifications to
				meet a given purpose, occasion, condition, function, or circumstance.
(l) "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:
(A)
				as part of a complete personal fall arrest system which maintains a safety
				factor of at least two (2);
(B)
				under the supervision of a qualified person.
(li) "Supervisor" means a person who has been
				given the control, direction and/or supervision of work performed by one or
				more employees.
(lii)
				"Tong/snubline" means a chain, wire or fiber rope, secured to a pipe tong
				handle which serves to impart a pulling power on the tong handle for the final
				tightening or torquing up of a threaded joint of pipe used in a well.
(liii) "Tugger line" means a wire rope
				powered by a winch and used for the controlled moving of light loads around a
				rig.
(liv) "Variance" 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."
(lv) "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 drilling.
(lvi) "Well operator" means a person as
				herein defined who has the responsibility, management, and general control of
				an oil or gas well, or lessee, sub-lessee, owner or assignee of
				same.