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The high stakes of hydrogen sulfide hazards

Colorimetric sensing is a measurement solution
Dr. Blaise Champagne
July 19, 2017

Have you experienced the distinctive “rotten egg” smell of a hazardous gas called hydrogen sulfide (H2S)? Occurring naturally from organic decay, for example, around sewage plants, H2S can be found in crude petroleum and natural gas — often in very high concentrations.


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Fracking creates respiratory risks

Hydrogen sulfide and silica exposures run high
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Maureen Paraventi
August 2, 2016
The danger arrives with trucks bearing tons of sand. Off-loading that sand – which may contain up to 99 percent silica – can send clouds of thick dust into the air, exposing the lungs of fracking workers who are performing the task to serious inhalation hazards.
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Industrial hygiene practices

Industrial hygiene practices are often overlooked on oil and gas fields

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Dave Johnson
November 3, 2015

A 57-year-old trucker with five children was found by fellow oil workers slumped over dead next to a tank hatch at an oil well near Ardmore, Okla., on March 20, 2014


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Hydrogen sulfide’s severe impact

How to protect your workers from this deadly gas
Robert Zurek
November 3, 2015

Workers operating in high-risk industries, such as oil and natural gas and chemical, encounter environments rich with hazardous gases that may be unseen or unfamiliar, such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S).


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A NIOSH Science Blog post:

UPDATE: Reports of worker fatalities during manual tank gauging and sampling in the oil and gas extraction industry

April 16, 2015

On May 19th, 2014, NIOSH posted a Science blog titled “Reports of Worker Fatalities during Flowback Operations.” This blog post provided information that NIOSH received from several sources indicating that acute exposures to hydrocarbon gas and vapors likely played a role in the deaths of at least four workers in the oil and gas extraction industry.


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Simplified gas detection by Honeywell Analytics

March 3, 2015
The new BW Clip portable single-gas detector and the new IntelliDoX instrument docking system combine reliable, user-friendly, maintenance-free monitoring


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Dräger and the American Society of Safety Engineers reveal results of “The 1ppm Hydrogen Sulfide Threshold: Are you prepared?” survey

Survey finds more than half of oil and gas industry safety experts are unaware and unprepared to meet threshold
December 12, 2013

Reconfirming the need for strengthening oil and gas industry education and training is the “The 1ppm (parts per million) Hydrogen Sulfide Threshold: Are you prepared?” survey completed by Dräger, an international leader in the fields of medical and safety technology, in association with the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), the world’s oldest professional safety society.


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