(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.