In the Oil and Gas Industryare you thinking FULL GHS

Risks to your workers in combination with your Safety Program

Is EVERYTHING COVERED IN YOUR PROGRAM?

Work Planning

JSEA

Exposure AssessmentProcedures

PPE Hazard Assessment

Worker Training

Exposure Assessment

Strategy equally applicable to all stressors– Chemical– Physical– Biological– Thermal– Motion (Lifting, Force, etc.)– Pressure (Noise)

Strategy

Anticipate– Verify presence of hazard– Identify jobs/tasks with exposure potential

Evaluate– Exposure potential– Perform monitoring

Control– Confirm controls

ExposureAssessment

Chemical

Biological

Electrical

Gravity

Heat / Cold

Radiation

Pressure

Motion

ExposureAssessment

Chemical

Biological

Electrical

Gravity

Heat / Cold

Radiation

Pressure

Motion

Drinking WaterErgonomic Equipment Layout & Design

Fatigue

Legionella, Encephalitis,Tuberculosis, West Nile Virus, Hanta Virus, Bubonic Plague

Poison ivy / oak

Repetitive motion

Sanitation

Spiders, Bees, Ticks

ExposureAssessment

Chemical

Biological

Electrical

Gravity

Heat / Cold

Radiation

Pressure

Motion

BenzeneAsbestos

Caustic

Acids - sulfuric, hydrochloric,citric

Iron sulfide

Methanol

Welding fume (heavy metals,hexavalent chromium)

H2S

Mercury

Lead

Silica

ExposureAssessment

Chemical

Biological

Electrical

Gravity

Heat / Cold

Radiation

Pressure

Motion

Heat StressCold - Cryogenics

Cold - Frostbite, hypothermia

ExposureAssessment

Chemical

Biological

Electrical

Gravity

Heat / Cold

Radiation

Pressure

Motion

Suitability –hand / power tool

Overextension

Manual lifting

Slips / trips / falls

Vibration

ExposureAssessment

Chemical

Biological

Electrical

Gravity

Heat / Cold

Radiation

Pressure

Motion

Noise

ExposureAssessment

Chemical

Biological

Electrical

Gravity

Heat / Cold

Radiation

Pressure

Motion

Welding - UV Radiation

Sealed Sources (level detection) - Gamma rays, Alpha & Beta particles

Sunlight

NORM - Gamma rays, Alpha & Beta Particles

Operator’s Responsibility

• Identify potential IH hazards

• Communicate potential IH hazards to Contractors

• Verify that contactor’s exposure assessment plan to protect workers is adequate

Ergonomics Example

• Review Illness reports (backs, shoulders, elbows, hands, wrists).

• Verify that corrective actions from investigations were effective.Office Ergonomics• Conduct baseline office ergonomic survey for all employees to identify high risk

users.

• Conduct personal survey for high risk users.

• Training on ergonomic hazards and equipment adjustment for all employeesIndustrial Ergonomics

• Identify field tasks that may require baseline industrial ergonomic survey.

• Conduct personal survey for high risk tasks.• Training on ergonomic hazards and equipment adjustment for all employees,

including engineers.

Equipment-based Exposure Assessment

• What equipment is onsite?

• What product is in the equipment?

• What are the hazards of the product in the equipment? The tools? The chemicals to be used? (SDSs)

• What other equipment is associated with it?

Equipment Life Cycle

Construct

Operate

Maintain

Demolish

Life Cycle Tasks

• What are the tasks done on the equipment?– Construct– Operate– Maintain– Demolish

• Who does these tasks?

Benzene Example• Identify equipment with potential exposure• Identify tasks performed on equipment and personnel

performing tasks• Monitor using personal sampling pumps and charcoal

tubes• Use statistical analysis tools to compare sampling results

with OH&S standards• Recommend controls, if required• Schedule for repeated sampling to ensure nothing has

changed

Process Overview – Benzene Example

Equipment & Tasks - Tank

Produced Water / Condensate / Rich Glycol Tank - Operation– Tank gauging– Sampling– Truck Loading, water– Truck Loading, oil

Equipment & Tasks - Tank

Produced Water / Condensate / Rich Glycol Tank - Maintenance– Tank Cleaning/Internal inspection– Piping/Flange/Gasket Replacement– Meter Proving/Calibration/Replacement– Changing Orifice Plate– Pump - Repair Or Replacement– Vehicle Repair/Replacement/Lube Oil Change– Check thief hatch and Enardo/relief valve– Transmitter repair / replacement / Level indicator

Equipment & Tasks - Filter

Glycol Sock Filter - Maintenance– Piping/Flange/Gasket/Gauge Replacement– Changing Gylcol Sock Filters

Equipment & Tasks – In-line Heater

Heater - Maintenance– In-line Heater - Inspection - internal– In-line Heater - Repair– In-line Heater - Piping - repair/replacement

Equipment & Tasks – Separator

Separator - Maintenance– Separators/free water knockout – Inspection –

internal– Separators/free water knockout – Piping repair

replacement– Etc.

Applying to other operators?

Applying to other operators?