COMPLIANCE INFO - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

2. POTENTIAL HAZARDS 2.1 Hazard Summary Potential physical hazards in the work area during drilling, excavation, operations & maintenance, and sampling activities at petroleum contaminated sites may include: Physical injury: Working in the vicinity of mechanized equipment such as drilling rigs or backhoes can result in physical injuries. Explosion and fire: Petroleum products are highly flammable. Liquid petroleum product readily vaporizes from standing pools or saturated soil. Ignition sources of any kind (e.g., engines, impact sparking, and heat or arc from equipment or instrumentation) pose a major explosion and fire hazard. Traffic: Field activities often require operating in areas of vehicular traffic. Traffic at gas stations and to a lesser degree other sites, presents a hazard to personnel involved in conducting the field work. Both injury and equipment destruction can be caused by a traffic accident. If a traffic control plan has been developed and approved for the site, it must be implemented and monitored accordingly. Utilities: Contact with utilities during excavation or drilling presents potential acute hazards to site personnel. Utilities may include: buried or overhead electrical lines natural gas/petroleum lines product and vapor recovery lines communication cables sewer, water, and irrigation lines The hazards of contacting each type of line varies, but the most serious are the electrical lines (which can result in electrocution), fuel and gas lines (which could result in release of flammable chemicals), and water lines (which could be under pressure). Another underground hazard is an underground storage tank and its associated pipe works. At older stations and other facilities, unmarked or forgotten tanks may have been abandoned in place. If abandoned properly, these tanks will contain sand, cement, or another inert material. Improperly abandoned tanks may contain waste oil, petroleum fuels, or other hazardous materials. Noise: Various activities, especially those using heavy equipment, can create high levels of noise. The results of exposure to these levels vary from discomfort to hearing loss and a permanent ringing in the ears. If noise levels require personnel to shout to be heard, hearing protection shall be utilized. Sound level monitoring should be conducted when there is a question as to need of hearing protection. Hearing protection shall be used when noise levels exceed 85 dBA. BP Arco # HASP Created by: Scott Bittinger Revised by: Evan Lee Fau Template Version: 02.02 Created on: 10/02/2017 Revision date:10/30/2017