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• SEACOR STANDARD SAFETY DRILLING SAFETY SSP 34 PROCEDURES • The safety supervisor should consider the "responsibility" for safety and the "authority" to enforce safety to be a matter of first importance. • The safety supervisor should be the leader in using proper personal safety wear and set an example in following the rules that are being enforced on others. • The safety supervisor should enforce the use of proper personal protective safety equipment and take appropriate corrective action when proper personal protective safety equipment is not being used. • The safety supervisor should understand that proper maintenance to tools and equipment and general "housekeeping" on the drill rig will provide the environment to promote and enforce safety. • Before drilling is started with a particular drill, the safety supervisor must be ensured that the operator (who may be the safety supervisor) has had adequate training and is thoroughly familiar with the drill rig, its controls and its capabilities. • The safety supervisor should inspect the drill rig at least daily for structural damage, loose bolts and nuts, proper tension in chain drives, loose or missing guards or protective covers, fluid leaks,damaged hoses and/or damaged pressure gauges and pressure relief valves. • The safety supervisor should check and test all safety devices, such as emergency shutdown switches, at least daily and preferably at the start of a drilling shift. Drilling should not be permitted until all emergency shutdown and warning systems are working correctly. Do not wire ground, bypass or remove an emergency device. • The safety supervisor should check that all gauges, warning lights and control levers are functioning properly and listen for unusual sounds on each starting of an engine. • The safety supervisor should ensure that all new drill rig workers are informed of safe operating practices on and around the drill rig and should provide each new drill rig worker with a copy of the organization's drilling operations safety manual, and, when appropriate, the drill rig manufacturer's operations and maintenance manual. The safety supervisor should ensure that each new employee reads and understands the safety manual. • The safety supervisor should carefully instruct a crew worker in drilling safety and observe the new worker's Progress towards understanding safe operating practices corn-h&s\ssp-30 RFviCFn > > 1n?1o0