Summary of the 2010 API Storage Tank Conference and Safe Tank Entry Workshop October 18-21, 2010 San Francisco, CA Argonaut Hotel (This document is for informational purposes only. Refer to OSHA 29CFR1910.146 for regulatory requirements.)

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Summary of the 2010 API Storage Tank Conference
and Safe Tank Entry WorkshopOctober 18-21,
2010San Francisco, CAArgonaut Hotel(This
document is for informational purposes only.
Refer to OSHA 29CFR1910.146 for regulatory
requirements.)
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• OSHA 29CFR1910.146 covers all confined spaces and
  therefore is very general.
• Therefore API developed the API 2015 2016 to
  specifically address Fuel Aboveground Storage
  Tanks to cover OSHA requires and beyond.
• Basic Framework for Hazard Recognition
• Recognition, Evaluation, Control
• Permit Required Confined Space Assessment
• Restricted Entry Exit
• Large Enough for Work
• Not Intended for Continuous Occupancy
• Non-Permit Required Confined Space
• Missing any one of the three above requirements.
• Note This does not mean that the confined space
  is no longer dangerous.
• API (not OSHA) also defines a non-confined space.
• It is recommended to assume all spaces to be
  hazardous until proven otherwise. Always think of
  the shortcuts or oversights that will be the
  cause of your death today when making entry.
• Confined Space Controls
• Engineering
• Administrative
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Do your best to reduce reliance on PPE. PPE can
  technically make all spaces safe for entry, but
  should not be your first preference for self
  preservation.

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• Definitions
• PEL Personal Exposure Limit (8 hour time
  weighted average)
• TLV Threshold Limit Value (measured in ppm)
• IDLH Immediate Danger to Life and Health
• LEL Lower Explosive Limit
• UEL Upper Explosive Limit
• Natural ventilation is inadequate. Confined
  spaces must be mechanically ventilated.
• Engineering Control
• Vent, Isolate, Substitute (for less hazardous
  material, i.e. substitute water for crude)
• 2/3 of confined space hazards is atmospheric.
• Administrative Rules
• If personal gas monitor alarms, it has to be a
  go/no go alarm. You must make the determination
  if the space is safe or alarm false outside of
  the confined space.
• Marine Chemist or Shipyard Competent Person
  should determine if space is safe for entry. This
  should be performed at every break in work.
• PPE Rule
• Make the space safe for workers, not Make the
  workers safe for the space.
• Fire Triangle
• Fuel, Oxidizer, Heat Source (All three present
  fire)
• Flammable Range
• The flammability range is between the LEL and UEL.

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• Oxygen Deficiency
• Highest Atmospheric Risk No warning signs (no
  smell, color)
• Typical Cause Metal Oxidation (Corrosion),
  organic decomposition.
• Adequate oxygen is required for LEL Testing.
• Highly recommended to only enter spaces at 20.8
  - 20.9 oxygen.
• If 19.8 oxygen tested, then 1.0 is missing.
  1.0 of any gas is 10,000ppm
• OSHAs own procedures does not allow OSHA
  personnel to enter spaces not at 20.8 oxygen.
• In event of fire, close tank. At 16 oxygen,
  fires will burn itself out. Tank must cool before
  opening. Fuel Heat are still present, the
  introduction of oxygen will re-ignite.
• Mechanical ventilation has to be shutdown when
  testing of oxygen. 15 minutes for a 150 diameter
  tank per API 2015.
• Flammability
• Less than 10 of the LEL will not ignite or
  explode because the mixture is too lean. However
  you should not enter the space.
• 0 is preferred. 0 is required for unrestricted
  entry.
• Example 10 of the LEL of methane is 1,000ppm.
  1,000ppm of methane is higher than the TLV
  acceptable.
• UEL should not be treated as if there is no
  danger. The flammable vapors will dissipate and
  eventually reach the explosive range.
• Oxygen level must be above 16 for fire to occur.
• Check your gas meter, is it calibrated by methane
  or pentane? Methane is okay for plumbing
  industry. Pentane is preferred for petroleum
  industry. In test, the methane calibrated meter
  did not detect and LEL for butane in a closed
  container with butane. The pentane calibrated
  meter detected LEL for butane.

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• Toxicity
• Although OSHA is law, recommend using levels set
  by ACGIH. (American Conference of Governmental
  Industrial Hygenists.)
• Recommend Photoionization Meter. Traditional LEL
  meters utilize the Wheatstone bridge. This is
  unable to effectively measure diesel LEL and
  toxicity in addition to many other low vapor
  pressure fuilds.
• ACGIH has changed the safe limit of Hydrogen
  Sulfide from 10 to 1. (TWA 1ppm) OSHA has
  not changed its safe limits. ACGIH recommends
  utilizing their safety levels even though OSHA is
  law as reliance on the higher limit will expose
  your company to legal risks. Example Employee
  gets sick and files civil lawsuit. ACGIH reviews
  and updates data more often. In the court of law,
  you may be correct. In the court of opinion,
  explain use of older and less reviewed standard.

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• Confined Space Safe Practices
• Issues Low man on roster gets posted as the hole
  watch or fire watch. Hole watch should be the
  most trained or one of the best crew member. This
  person is the responder to emergency procedures.
  Also has to observe and watch all crews in/out
  for coordination of work.
• PRCS (Permit Required Confined Space) No
  specific NFPA forms, however permit form does
  require all 14 points (See 29CFR1910.146). Per
  OSHA, permits are good for the duration of the
  job. Safe work practice would recommend that a
  permit is made out for each shift or break in
  work to make certain work conditions have not
  changed.
• There is no definition for periodic testing and
  monitoring during entry and work. Continuous
  monitoring/testing is recommended.
• Always provide adequate information on
  anticipated hazards.
• No OSHA requirement for refresher training.
• Rescue Team training/drills is only required once
  annually. This frequency is not enough an more
  frequent training is recommended.
• Confined space permits must be held for 1 year
  per OSHA and must be reviewed. OSHA however, does
  not state how to review or what to do to refine
  your process after completion of review.
• Entry personnel should always wear safety
  harness. The attendant should have rescue
  apparatus and be competent in its use.
• Crews wearing PPE should have medical exams
  current to protect themselves from other medical
  conditions. (i.e. respiratory)
• Heat Stress, Claustrophobia, Respiratory
  distress, are some of the physical problems that
  can be encountered.

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• Confined Space Safe Practices
• There are no meters for measuring explosive dust.
  Do not believe the OSHA specification for dust
  hazards being obstructed sight _at_ 5 feet
• Entrants should be trained to be able to
  recognize abnormal operating conditions. Tanks
  may be safe at start of work. Conditions change.
  Continuous monitoring is highly recommended.
• OSHA states that you can self rescue. This is not
  appropriate. Evacuation or escape is more
  appropriate terms. Your first response to any
  abnormal condition should be to leave the space.
  Always evaluate the situation outside.
• The attendant can leave for no reason. This
  include mental departures (texting, daydreaming,
  etc.).
• Know how you will be performing a rescue without
  entering the space.
• OSHA allows the attendant to monitor more than
  one space. It is recommended not to do it. What
  do you do with multiple emergencies or a single
  emergency? How do you continue to monitor the
  second space or provide rescue assistance to
  both? You will not be able to. This is why you
  should not monitor multiple spaces.
• The attendant should not allow owners or their
  inspectors to just show up and make entry. All
  entrants should be trained and listed on the
  entry permit.
• An attendant should be posted at all entry/exit
  points or designate a check in/out procedure as a
  part of your confined space plan. This is avoid
  having an entrant leave from another point and go
  as unaccounted by your attendant.
• Line of sight is key. Communication is mandatory.
  What do you do if there is communication failure?
  It is acceptable to place a secondary attendant
  for relay between crew and outside attendant.
• Know your Lock Out / Tag Out requirements.

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• Confined Space Safe Practices
• Do not assign conflicting duties. Example Fire
  watch for interior/exterior welding can not be
  assigned to the attendant. Do not distract the
  attendant from their primary job.
• The Tank Entry Supervisor is supposed to verify
  Emergency plans and rescue personnel
  availability. If the Fire Department is the
  designated Rescue team, check if they want to be
  notified for every entry. OSHA recommends it.
• If the local Fire Department is your designated
  rescue team and is responding to an external
  emergency, your permit entry should be suspended
  as your rescue crew is not available. Monitoring
  of local emergency radio traffic would be
  required.
• Basic First Aid/CPR training is required for all
  rescue team members. One person on the crew must
  be fully certified.
• If you have an in-house rescue team, annual
  training (1 time per calendar year) is required
  by OSHA. An actual rescue qualifies as the
  required drill. It is highly recommended that
  your rescue team train for more than one scenario
  and executes drill more frequently than once a
  year. You can not become proficient to execute
  are rescue that must be performed in 5 minutes or
  less by participation in 1 drill per year. It is
  very likely that the drill you practice will not
  simulate any actual required response.
  Observation of actual entries and discussion of
  how each would be addressed is advisable.
• Personal 4-gas monitors are advised. You may
  check atmosphere at entry point, it most
  certainly will be different on the other side of
  the tank where your work will occur. Also once
  work is commenced, the atmospheric conditions
  will change.
• The personal monitors do not need to be
  calibrated everyday (although this would be
  preferred), but they should at a minimum be bump
  checked with a known gas prior to every use.
  Verify that the meter reading is the same as the
  test gas composition.
• Test atmosphere in the following order Oxygen,
  Flammability, Toxicity
• Shut down ventilation 10-15 minutes prior to
  testing.

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• Confined Space Safe Practices
• Rule of Thumb for air exchanges is 5-6 per hour.
  Do your calculations to be certain that you meet
  requirements.
• Natural ventilation is not acceptable. Spaces
  must be mechanically ventilated.
• Fire Watch. Determine best fire protection aides.
  CO2 Extinguisher will displace O2. Dry Chem
  types may cause the same effect. Pressurized
  water is normally preferred.
• BREAKING THE PLANE constitues taking confined
  space precautions. Materials within can off-gas.
  When you break the plane, it can affect you and
  cause you to possibly fall into the space.
• Entry Permit Retention. Check! May be 30 years
  retention requirement if dealing with
  carcinogens. Otherwise OSHA only requires 1 year
  for annual review.
• Refer to TLV booklet for work/rest ratio table.
• Local exhaust for fumes generated by your work is
  very effective. It prevents the atmosphere within
  the space from becoming contaminated by the
  result of your work.

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• Static Electricity
• Separation of Surfaces. Collection of Charge.
  Discharge quickly through sharp points.
• You can control separation of surfaces and
  collection of charges by bonding/grounding. This
  would eliminate/reduce discharges.
• You can test for explosive atmospheres. This
  would eliminate explosions/ignitions in the event
  of a static discharge.
• Static charges can discharge at voltages as high
  as 22kV. If you created a static discharge in a
  flammable atmosphere it would trigger an
  explosion.
• Static Electricity can be controlled by Bonding
  or Grounding.
• The exhaust fan can create static due to the
  outflow of vapors over the surface of the fan.
  Exhaust fans must be bonded to the tank.
• Practices to Inhibit Static Ignitions Never use
  filters in the end of flow lines Never splash
  fill tanks Reduce agitating operations inside
  tanks Reduce flow rates at the beginning of
  loading Bond/Ground objects Never blow air or
  gases into or through liquids Wait 30 minutes
  before inserting objects into or removing objects
  from tanks Use metal devices inside tanks.
• API 2015 What you have to do
• API 2016 How to do what 2015 tells you what you
  have to do.
• Always review floating roof cribbing and safety
  procedure.
• Recommend inspection w/mirrors for internal
  floating roof while tank is in service.

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• Testing Spaces
• To test spaces, it is highly recommended to use a
  meter with a pump, with a PID or separate PID
  meter.
• Know your sample time to pull gas through the
  sample tube. The rule of thumb is to allow 2
  times the rated sample time.
• If O2 levels are not reading 20.8, entry is not
  recommended. The sensor will not tell you if the
  oxygen has been consumed or displaced. Again,
  OSHA allows 19.5 as safe for entry. However, if
  19.8 oxygen tested, then 1.0 is missing. 1.0
  of any gas is 10,000ppm. What vapor or gas is
  safe at 10,000ppm?
• Dont abuse your meter. If constantly running the
  LEL sensor to above the test gas level, the life
  of the sensor will degrade faster.
• Infrared technology is more reliable technology
  than the catalytic LEL sensor.
• Silicone and lead can coat elements and destroy
  the LEL sensor.
• Heavy Vapors dont pass through the internal
  flame arrestor and have a slower reaction time.
  Also the response is dependant on the calibration
  gas (Pentane vs. Methane) Pentane is better
  suited for the Petroleum industry. Methane is
  better for areas where sewer gas is present.
• Pentane Calibrated meters calibrate at 1.5 by
  volume of Pentane 100 LEL reading. OSHA
  allows entry at lt10 LEL. At 10 there is still
  1500ppm of gas. Consider that 1.0 LEL 150ppm
  and that most toxic contaminants have acceptable
  exposure levels of less than 150ppm. Most
  flammable gases are toxic. Therefore it is highly
  recommended that the only acceptable flammable
  gas test result should be 0 LEL.
• Detector tubes are good indicators, but are
  expensive, have a poor accuracy of /- 25.
  Drager has a chip measurement which is /- 5.
  However, Photoionization Detectors are the best
  with a /- 0.2 ppm.
• NIOSH publishes a pocket guide for LEL Lookup.

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• Testing Spaces
• For checking diesel, a photoionization detector
  should be required. Catalytic LEL sensors can not
  check toxicity.
• Permits
• Your Confined Space entry permit should have
  fields for test results, not just pass/fail. The
  permit form should also have fields for
  re-testing verification (i.e. after lunch,
  breaks, etc.) so you can verify and compare
  conditions.
• Gas Meter Alarm Settings
• Recommended Settings are
• Oxygen 20.7 for low oxygen alarm. 30.0 for
  high oxygen alarm.
• Something is consuming or displacing oxygen,
  Something is causing space to be flooded with
  oxygen. You should leave the space and determine
  cause for change in condition.
• Carbon Monoxide 12 ppm.
• LEL 5
• Do not wait until OSHA allowable10. If LEL is
  increasing, you will most probably not make it
  out of the space until the LEL level has
  surpassed the 10 safety limit.
• H2S Use 0.5. Recommend ACGIH limit of 1ppm.
  If using OSHA 10ppm limit, set alarm point to 2.
• If testing Alcohols (Ethanol, Methanol, Etc.) Use
  only detector tubes. The alcohol fumes will
  destroy the LEL and PID meters.

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• Assessment
• Which of the following can be achieved by
  ventilating a confined space?
• Keep oxygen at a level consistent with the level
  in the air outside the tank (between 19.5 and
  23.5)
• Keep engulfment hazards below the danger level
• Keep flammable/combustible gases and vapors below
  10 LEL
• Keep noise levels below the OSHA required 85 dba
• Keep airborne combustible dust concentrations at
  permit reuqired levels (below their LELs)
• Keep toxic exposures at the permit required
  levels (below their PELs or TLVs)
• When testing the atmosphere of a petroleum oil
  storage tank, which item is tested first?
• Hydrocarbons
• Temperature
• Toxics
• Flash Point
• Oxygen
• What is the regulatory maximum hydrocarbon LEL
  for confined space entry without restrictions
  provided that oxygen and toxic levels are within
  established safe limits? Is this a safe level
  from all hazards? Why or why not?
• 0 LEL
• 5 LEL

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• Assessment
• What is the ACGIH TLV for diesel fuel?
• 100 ppm
• 200 ppm
• 15 ppm
• 30 ppm
• Which of the following are the three
  characteristics of all confined spaces?
• Not intended or designed for continuous occupancy
• Not effectively ventilated
• Contains dangerous air contaminants
• Has limited or restricted entry or exit
• Large enough to allow for entry and work inside
• The LEL of a vapor is the point at which the
  atmosphere contains a mixture with the minimum
  amount of vapor in air to sustain combustion.
• True
• False

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• Assessment
• Which of the following are characteristics
  specific to permit-required confined spaces?
• There is the potential for a hazardous (toxic,
  flammable, etc.) atmosphere in the tank.
• The material in the tank has the potential to
  engulf the entrant.
• The tanks internal configuration could trap or
  asphyxiate an entrant.
• The tank has any other recognized, potentially
  harmful serious hazard.
• The tank has only one opening which is too small
  to enter wearing a SCBA.
• The normal amount of oxygen in air (by volume)
  is?
• 16.6
• 20.8
• 19.5
• 25.2
• 18.5
• PELs are to OSHA as TLVs are to
• NIOSH
• ACGIH
• API

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• Assessment
• When testing for atmospheric toxics,
  concentrations of gases or vapors are usually
  expressed in
• by volume in air
• LEL
• PPM (Parts per million)
• TWA (time weighted average)
• The effectiveness of an oxygen sensor is limited
  by?
• Toxic gases in the atmosphere
• Shelf life of the sensor
• Atmospheric pressure, humidity and temperature
• Flammable vapors in the atmosphere
• When using a combustible gas indicator, the
  tester must determine that the oxygen in the
  atmosphere being tested is at least ______ by
  volume.
• 10
• 20.8
• 16
• 19.5

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• Assessment
• If the oxygen level is between 19.5 and 23.5
  and the LEL is below 10 then the atmosphere in
  the tank is safe for entry.
• True
• False.
• A confined space rescue team needs to be
• Within a 5 minute response time of the work site.
• At the tank area during all permit required
  confined space entry
• On standby during non-confined space entry
• Designated for all required confined space entry
• The permit-required confined space program
  identifies which specific individuals
• Tank entry supervisor
• Entrant
• Qualified atmospheric tester
• Attendant
• Rescue coordinator
• The photoionization detector (PID) is able to
  detect low concentrations of carbon monoxide and
  hydrogen sulfide.

However, by OSHA rules it is safe.
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• Assessment
• Calibration (which includes bump testing per
  manufacturers instructions) of oxygen and
  combustible gas indicators should be performed
  prior to each days use.
• True
• False
• A concentration of 5 LEL displayed on a properly
  calibrated combustible gas indicator could
  indicate a concentration of (assuming the LEL is
  1 by volume)
• 1000 ppm of a toxic contaminant
• 5 ppm of a toxic contaminant
• 500 ppm of a toxic contaminant
• 14 oxygen by volume
• Tank entry permits are valid for no longer than
  ______ .
• 24 hours
• 8 hours
• 48 hours
• duration of each shift.
• the entire length of the job.

This rule is per OSHA. However, because
conditions change, permits and atmospheric
testing should be renewed every shift or break in
work. 
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  Fabrication Construction, LLC (1000 W. 5th
  Street, Baxter Springs, KS 66713) Tel
  877-457-5352 x111 Fax [phone] Cel
  620-249-1248 Email rclifton_at_atecsteel.com Web
  www.atecsteel.com
• Jack Lavin, CPPM, President and CEO National
  Petroleum Management Association (4222 Fortuna
  Plaza, 641, Dumfries, VA 22025) Tel
  703-583-1206 Fax [phone] Cel
  703-628-9958 Email jack_at_npma-fuelnet.org Web
  www.npma-fuelnet.org Note Knows Joe Lovan, Don
  Grimes. Has worked in Hawaii.