Respiratory Protection on Offshore Drilling Rigs

Details

• Personal Author:
  Mattorano, Dino A. ; Merinar, Timothy R.
• 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) concerning respiratory protection against hydrogen sulfide (H2S) on offshore drilling rigs. Specific concerns were with the general use of hooded escape self-contained breathing apparatus (ESCBAs) and with the adequacy of the air capsule (coil reserve) five-minute, hooded, continuous-flow, ESCBA based on several deficiencies identified by MMS, including low air flow rate, leaks, no airline hookup, and a service life of five minutes or less (due to leaks). NIOSH investigators conducted a site visit on an offshore drilling rig located on the outer continental shelf of the Pacific Ocean approximately six 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, the platform was in the production phase and housed 15 workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  • Air Movements
  • Case Reports
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Respiratory Protective Devices
  • Safety
  • Sulfides
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • Case-studies
  • Respiratory-protection
  • Respiratory-protective-equipment
  • Sulfides
  • Self-contained-breathing-apparatus
  • Personal-protective-equipment
  • Air-flow
  • Workers
  • Worker-health
  • Work-environment
• ISSN:
  1047-322X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Editor:
  Tharr D
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  141-148
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025606
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 1999 Mar; 14(3):141-148
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH, Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance Branch, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• CAS Registry Number:
  • Hydrogen sulfide (CAS RN 7783-06-4)
• Editor(s):
  Tharr D
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196896/cdc_196896_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 387.18 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0369231a4c5886447c52e19165138dc1a89572d6f61c634c50dc5aa9e6bf70476c51957350689013d93dcf568eba331b94b7909e8ac2b12dc222e0e1526beed3