Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of
Sub-Agency 0012 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Special Servicing
Chapter 5 - SAFEGUARDS
Section 5-1 - Machinery Operation, Guarding and Maintenance
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) Only the employer-authorized equipment operators shall operate machinery of any kind.
(b) Equipment operators shall be properly trained and determined to be competent before being authorized as equipment operators.
(c) Equipment operators shall bring any unsafe condition to the attention of the employer for evaluation, inspection and/or correction.
(d) All belts, gears, shafts, pulleys, sprockets, spindles, drums, fly wheels, or other rotating and reciprocating parts, with the exception of the cathead, shall be guarded unless they are guarded by location, so positioned to prevent any person from coming in contact therewith. Guarding shall meet the requirements as set forth in 1910.212 and 1910.219 of the Occupational Health and Safety 1910 -General Rules and Regulations.
(e) Machinery shall not be operated without all guards properly maintained and in position; except during maintenance, repair or rigup work, when limited testing may be performed by a qualified person.
(f) No employee shall clean or lubricate any machinery where there is danger of contact with a moving part until such motion has been stopped.
(g) Machinery and equipment shall be maintained in such condition as to ensure safe operations and working conditions.
(h) All guards and protective devices shall be replaced, and proper personnel notified when maintenance is complete.
(i) All tools and equipment used by employees shall be in safe condition.
(j) Electric tools shall be grounded by use of approved devices maintained in proper condition, except "double insulated" tools may be used in lieu of the grounding requirement.
(k) Electrical or pneumatic hand tools shall have a deadman switch or so arranged that the starting switch will not be locked in.
(l) Tools or other materials shall not be carried up or down a ladder unless properly secured to the body, leaving both hands free for climbing.
(m) Containers of poisonous, toxic, flammable and/or explosive material shall be properly labeled and appropriately stored according to content.
(n) The storage and use of compressed gas cylinders shall be in accordance with the requirements of 1910.101, 102, 103, 104 and 1910.169 of the Occupational Health and Safety 1910 - General Rules and Regulations.
(o) No material used for cleaning shall have a flashpoint less than 100°F. Examples of materials which have flashpoints below 100°F are gasoline, naphtha, etc.
