OSHA Responds to Worker Hazards on O & G Well Pads
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OSHA Responds to Worker Hazards on O & G Well Pads
OSHA Cites Antero Contractor After West Virginia Worker’s Death
From an Article by Jamison Cocklin, Natural Gas Intelligence, June 2, 2015
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a contractor that worked at an Antero Resources Corp. well site in Tyler County, WV, where a worker was killed last year when he was struck by a front-end loader.
Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Precision Drilling LP was cited for failure to provide a workplace “free from recognized hazards,” according to OSHA. The agency discovered the violations during an investigation after Ryan Dunn, 29, of Jackson County, WV was killed on site in November. The agency said Dunn was “struck by or caught between hazard from a front-end loader” as it was moving pipe, equipment and other supplies.
It was discovered that the equipment was being operated with “restricted rear visibility” in reverse and lacked a left-side rear-view mirror. In addition to that citation, OSHA also found that Precision failed to provide fall protection on site with an unguarded hole near a mud tank. The company was also cited for failing to provide or require its workers to wear respirators near the mud tank.
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OSHA Issues Alert on Non-Silica Fracking Hazards
Submitted by Jackson Lewis P.C., National Law Review, January 29, 2015
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OSHA said the purpose of its 41-page document, Hydraulic Fracturing and Flowback Hazards Other than Respirable Silica, is to inform employers and workers about the known hazards that result from hydraulic fracturing and flowback and to offer ways to reduce exposure to these hazards. It leaves discussion of silica-related hazards to publications previously released, including a joint OSHA-NIOSH hazard alert and an OSHA “infosheet.”
The agency makes clear the document does not impose additional legal or compliance obligations on employers beyond existing OSHA standards, regulations, and OSH Act’s general duty clause.
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The OSHA publication, considered a guidance document by the agency, breaks down the fracking operation into three other hazard areas in addition to flowback: (1) transport, rig-up, and rig-down; (2) mixing and injection; and (3) pressure pumping. Each section of the publication on hazard areas includes a comprehensive set of hazard- reduction recommendations.
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See also the following OSHA reports on “silica sand” exposures to workers:
Silica: Silica Exposure during Hydraulic Fracturing InfoSheet, (OSHA 3622 – 2012) (English: PDF)
https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3622.pdf
Silica: OSHA/NIOSH Hazard Alert – Worker Exposure to Silica during Hydraulic Fracturing, OSHA 3566 – 2012) (English: HTML PDF )
https://www.osha.gov/dts/hazardalerts/hydraulic_frac_hazard_alert.html
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