Safety and Health Topics | OSHA Assistance for the Oil and Gas Well Drilling, Servicing and Storage

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Page last reviewed: 05/21/2007

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Campaign to Prevent Heat Illness in
Outdoor Workers

Profile: Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing. OSHA, (2004), also available as a 140 KB PDF, 13 pages.
Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing. OSHA eTool. Contains an illustrated guide describing potential hazards and their possible solutions, developed jointly by OSHA and the Industry.
Confined Spaces Advisor. OSHA. Provides guidance to help employers protect employees from the hazards of entry into permit-required confined spaces. The Advisor will help you determine if a space is covered by OSHA's Permit-Required Confined Spaces regulation.

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Oil and Gas Well Drilling, Servicing and Storage -
Storage Tanks

Working in storage tanks is a highly hazardous work environment. Aboveground, atmospheric and low pressure storage tanks may contain crude oil, liquid hydrocarbons, petroleum products or other hazardous liquids. Potential hazards include fire and explosion, oxygen deficiency, and exposure to toxic substances.

Exposures to hazards present in the petroleum and petrochemical industry are addressed in specific standards for general industry.

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