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eTools Home : Oil and Gas Well Drilling  Safety and Health Topics Page | Viewing / Printing Instructions | Credits   Drilling Worker safety awareness is necessary for injury prevention during all phases of drilling operations. Procedures and processes will include safety meetings, JSAs, and general and task-specific training. At the end of each card, resources are identified which provide more details for establishing safe work practices and procedures. Rigging Up Setting Up the Substructure Setting Up the Rig Floor and Mast or Derrick Installing Handrails, Guardrails, Stairs, Walkways, and Ladders Installing the Power System Rigging Up the Circulating System Installing the Auxiliary Equipment Inspecting the Rig Rigging Down Drilling Ahead Handling Tubulars Preparing Drilling Fluid Starting Drilling Making a connection Preparing to Break Out Pipe Breaking Out Pipe Making Up Pipe in Mousehole Raising the Kelly and New Joint Adding Pipe to the String Resuming Drilling Coring Drilling Fluid Drilling Fluid Functions Drilling Fluid Types Drilling Fluid Additives MSDS Tripping Out/In Setting Slips Breaking Out and Setting Back the Kelly Attaching Elevators to the Elevator Links Latching Elevators to Pipe Working on the Monkeyboard Maneuvering Pipe to Racking Area Tripping in - Latching Elevators to Top of Stand Casing Operations Installing Casing Tools Running Casing into the Hole Installing Casing Accessories Circulating and Cementing Fig. 1. Drilling rig Maintenance Activities Rig Floor Drilling Line Maintenance Wire Rope Maintenance Mud Circulating System Generator, Electric Motors, and Electrical Systems Engines Derrick Equipment Maintenance Well Control Blowout Prevention Program Monitoring and Maintaining Mud System Installing BOPs, Accumulator, and Choke Manifold Testing BOPs, Accumulators, and Choke Manifold Maintaining Surface Control System General Safety and Health Safety and Health Program Hot Work/Welding Hydrogen Sulfide Gas H2S Special Precautions Related Safety and Health Topics Pages Powered Industrial Trucks Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Ergonomics This eTool describes potential hazards commonly found on a wide variety of drilling rigs. Specific rig designs may have unique potential hazards which should also be addressed in the site Job Safety Analysis (JSA) Process. Site Preparation | Drilling | Well Completion | Servicing | Plug and Abandon Well General Safety | Additional References | JSA |  Site Map | Illustrated Glossary | Glossary of Terms eTools Home : Oil and Gas Well Drilling  Safety and Health Topics Page | Viewing / Printing Instructions | Credits

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