OSHA Hazard Alert on Oil & Gas Tank Gauging
A new OSHA Hazard Alert Letter on Oil & Gas Tank Gauging was recently released. Here's the 'introduction' excerpt: Workers at oil and gas extraction sites could be exposed to hydrocarbon gases and vapors, oxygen-deficient atmospheres, and fires and explosions when they open tank hatches to manually gauge or collect fluid samples on production, flowback, or other tanks (e.g., drip pots) that contain process fluids. Opening tank hatches, often referred to as “thief hatches,” ca
