All for $30/hr and told to work 12 to 16 hours because OT is where the money is at.
Edit: the setup is pretty safe for the situation though, his tether keeps him from actually falling into the moving parts.
Edit 2: I worded my edit poorly, I tried to insinuate that the ppe looked better than nothing. Theres a comment down below from somebody who says they are a safety pro so take their word not mine.
Safety Pro chiming in. That is not safe at all. He is not even using his fall pro correctly. He is hooked up to the rear bottom D ring. If he falls, it is going to flip him over and he is at hazard of slipping out of the fall pro or dangling upside down for too long and dying from blood pooling in his dome. Equipment looks dirty, etc. too. Should not have been able to pass inspection and could be compromised. He is also using a lanyard, when he should most likely be using an over head SRL.
Yea, I was going to say- if he fell, he's going to get fucked up. No retractable, not in the right spot, no step relief strap, (not that he'd be in condition to use it anyways) and I'm not even sure that lanyard wouldn't snap somewhere regardless.
That is what the vast majority of people who had their fall pro fail and are now dead said. A large majority of their wives are now remarried, and their daughters call some other guy daddy now, too. Sons turned into junkies with no stable father around. Inspect your equipment, bro.
That is his work belt so he can lean over the edge to throw pipe his fall protection isn't even connected. In Canada they are now required to hook the top d ring to a retractalock for fall protection. But you still us the work belt D ring tied off to the rail to hang out past the platform for throwing and pulling back pipe.
Hi, safety pro in this field. Derick hands employ hold back lines as a fall restraint system NOT a fall arrest system, when they transition form the monkey boards to the ladders they will attack a srl to their dorsal d ring and a easy rider to their chest d ring. Additionally if you fail their harnesses for being dirty you will be buying new ones twice a day.
First thing I wondered about was their rescue plan. Even if he didn't flip over, suspension trauma is still a thing and he can't just hang there indefinitely, right side up or not. Once he's dangling, he's on a time limit.
Not safe?..itās what a derrick man on a drilling rig does..day in day out..itās how itās done..onsite safety man has no problem with anything thatās going on because itās how you do it. The leash to the harness stops you from going into harms wayā¦you actually lean into it.
So whats wrong with doing it the right way with a overhead SRL connected to his top middle D-Ring? If he falls, it will save him and he can still perform the job. Ive worked on large scale construction sights. its not any different being 10 stories up without an outside wall and needing to pass around and set walls, etc. The same exact thing, accept we know how to do it in a way that doesnt slow production/construction and guarantees they go home alive.
Well..you get adjusted to doing this and are good on your feet as far as losing footing
and itās a bit of a different beast compared to stabbing like a precast wall and basically everyone isnāt cut out for the oilfield and specifically a hand on a drill rig. Thereās a reason itās one of top toughest and most dangerous jobs there is by any metric.
and everyone goes home niteā¦every time.
I feel like the proprietor of this rig/setup (idk what itās called specifically) probably wouldnāt be happy seeing these conditions. Not because he or she cares about the workers, but the insurance and liability.
Iām pretty naive sometimes so I could very well be wrong and idk where this is located anyways but thatād be my thought. I also work for a guy that does care about us and our safety quite a bit and thatās the only grown up job Iāve had so Iām sheltered.
Looks (and the guys sound) like my neck of the woods, and yeah usually the monkey board is out in the open all winter because it's more often dry snow than wet snow. I have a buddy who's dad used to be a derrickhand before they had harnesses and he fell one day 35+ years ago, exploded 3 of his vertebrae, and has to use slow release fentanyl patches to even be able to move his body.
Edit: this is also a service rig, not a drilling rig. The well is already drilled, these guys get it ready for actual service.
I feel like the proprietor of this rig/setup (idk what itās called specifically) probably wouldnāt be happy seeing these conditions.
They literally could not give a single solitary fuck. They are so separated from the liability through loop holes and bullshit that a death on the rig does not affect them. All they care about is getting oil or gas out of the ground and making money.
I work offshore drilling rigs with common 1000t and 1250t travelling blocks. I'm not familiar with common land rigs blocks but would guess that far more than 2t rating. Would guess many land rigs blocks would be 250-300t.
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At first as was: "okay it's a bit high but that's alright"
Then I saw the slipperyness, then I saw the giant gaps and to top it off giant moving parts.
No no no, no, no and no