
Environmental Remediation Drilling
Safety Guidelines
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4.5.2 - Housekeeping On and Around the Drill Rig cont.
The first requirement for safe field operation is that everyone understands and fulfills the responsibility for
maintenance and housekeeping on and around the drill rig.
• Suitable storage locations should be provided for all tools, materials, and supplies so that tools,
materials, and supplies can be conveniently and safely handled without hitting or falling on a member of
the drill crew or a visitor, without creating tripping hazards, and without protruding at eye or head level.
• Avoid storing or transporting tools, materials, or supplies within or on the mast of the drill rig.
• Pipe, drill rods, casing, augers, and similar drilling tools should be stacked orderly on racks or sills to
prevent spreading, rolling, or sliding.
• Penetration or other driving hammers should be placed at a safe location on the ground or be secured to
prevent movement when not in use.
• Work areas, platforms, walkways, scaffolding, and other access ways should be kept free of materials,
debris, and obstructions and substances such as ice, grease, or oil that could cause surfaces to become
slick or otherwise hazardous.
• Keep all controls, control linkages, warning and operation lights, and lenses free of oil, grease, and ice.
• Do not store gasoline in any portable container other than a self-closing, non-sparking, red container
with flame arrester in the fill spout and having the word gasoline clearly visible. The container must also
comply with all other hazard communication requirements.
• Dirty or contaminated pipe, drill rods, augers, or sampling equipment, should be moved away from the
work area to prevent possible exposure to non-protected personnel and also to prevent cross-
contamination of clean materials.
• Wastewater and drilling fluids must be properly contained and labeled and stored out of the operational
area.
• The use of additional footing safeguards (mats) should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
• Remove and dispose of empty bags or other containers, which have held drilling mud, cement or other
dust producing materials.
• Do not leave items such as hand tools, rakes, shovels, or other small equipment left lying on the ground
to pose a trip hazard.
• Welding gas cylinders should be stored in an upright and secured position. Protective caps should be in
place when the cylinders are not in use.
• Never use compressed air for cleaning clothes.
• All unattended boreholes must be adequately covered or otherwise protected to prevent personnel, site
visitors, or animals from falling into the hole. All open boreholes should be covered, protected, or back
filled adequately and according to local and state regulations or customer requirements upon completion
of the drilling project.
• Walk around, not over, obstacles. Carefully choose a walking path to avoid ruts and steep slopes. Walk
around freshly placed fill, gravel, or rip-rap. Keep your eyes on the path.
• Avoid storing or transporting tools, materials, or supplies within or on the mast of the drill rig.
4.5.3 - Equipment Inspection
• Inspect equipment at the start of each shift (pre-op) and at the end of each shift (post-op).
• Correct all major defects and safety defects prior to the start of work.
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