Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 96–0138–2691: Torch Operating Company, Santa Maria, California

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• Personal Author:
  Mattorano, Dino A. ; Merinar, Timothy R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request for technical assistance from the Department of the Interior, Mineral Management Services (MMS), located in Santa Maria, California. According to the request, inspectors of Offshore Operations and Safety were concerned about respiratory protection against hydrogen sulfide (H2S). Specific concerns were with the Robertshaw (air capsule) 5-minute, hooded, continuous-flow, escape self-contained breathing apparatus (ESCBA) and the general use of hooded ESCBAs. On August 11 and 12, 1996, NIOSH investigators conducted a site visit on platform 'Irene', an offshore drilling rig owned and operated by Torch Operating Company (TOC). Platform Irene is located on the Outer Continental Shelf of the Pacific Ocean, 5-7 miles off the coast of Santa Maria, California. It is designed to support both drilling and production operations. At the time of the NIOSH site visit, platform Irene was in the production phase and accommodated 15 workers.
• Subjects:
  Hydrogen Sulfide Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Breath-apparatus Crude Petroleum And Natural Gas Escape Self-contained Breathing Apparatus (ESCBA) Hazard-Confirmed Health-hazard-evaluation Hydrogen-sulfide Hydrogen Sulfide Mineral Management Services Offshore-drilling-rigs Offshore Drilling Rig Offshore Platform Oil And Gas Production OSHA Region 9 Respiratory-protection SCBA Self Contained Breathing Apparatus Site-visits Whittaker Escape Pod

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9601382691
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  15 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Herbert, Nichole
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000023
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-149296
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 96-0138-2691, 1998 May ; :1-22
• CAS Registry Number:
  Hydrogen sulfide (CAS RN 7783-06-4)
• Editor(s):
  Arthur, Penny
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1311 - Crude petroleum and natural gas - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0d1264b1504d1632564d74deada5495aa4a39f34517ab276e38f66a6d91e8db6f0e1b34ed386bea113eb83e105d23342badaadb18973f810b7d42917f7f6f1a8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171060/cdc_171060_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 224.96 KB ]