Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of
Sub-Agency 0011 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Drilling
Chapter 6 - FACILITIES
Section 6-3 - Construction and Loading of Pipe Racks
Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 6-3
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) General requirements.
(i) Construction of pipe racks
shall be so designed as to support any load to be placed thereon.
(A) Pipe racks shall be set level laterally
on a stable foundation. They may slope front to back to facilitate laying down
or picking up pipe.
(B) Provision
shall be made to prevent pipe, tubular material or other round material from
rolling off pipe racks.
(ii) No employee shall go between pipe racks
and a load of pipe during loading, unloading and transferring operations.
(A) Pipe shall be loaded and unloaded, layer
by layer, with the bottom layer pinned or blocked securely on all four (4)
corners, and each successive layer shall be effectively chocked or
blocked.
(B) Spacers shall be used,
and evenly spaced, between the layers of pipe or material on the
rack.
(C) When pipe is being moved
or transferred between pipe racks, truck and trailer, the temporary supports
for skidding or rolling shall be so constructed, placed and anchored as to
support the load that is placed on them.
(iii) During weather of potential freezing,
pipe standing on end shall be so positioned as to afford proper
drainage.
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