Library / B 771 Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 106
B 771 Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 106

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36.—(1) A person working in a facility where midstream and downstream
petroleum operations are conducted, shall wear PPE that will provide adequate
protection against credible hazards and is in accordance with industry best
practice.
(2)  A person working at a fixed workstation or other high-rise installation
or at a height above six feet shall wear appropriate fall protection devices.
(3)  Tools, machine parts or other loose material of any kind shall not be
kept on the elevated platform of an installation, unless it is required for
immediate use, in which case adequate precaution shall be taken to prevent
injury to any person below.
37.—(1) A person shall not remove or render ineffective any safeguard
while the machinery relating to it, is in operation.
(2) Where it is necessary to make an adjustment or a repair to a
machinery, the machinery shall be shut down and not operated until the
safeguard is replaced.
(3) Log out tag out (LOTO) system or an alternative effective protection
system consistent with industry best practice shall be applied to prevent unsafe
inspection or maintenance of machinery.
38.—(1) A person, other than a duly qualified person, shall not open or
restore a flame proof or an explosion proof equipment.
(2)  An adjustment to or a repair of any apparatus within the flame proof
or explosion proof equipment shall not be carried out until all the live parts
within it have been made dead and efficiently earthed.
(3) On completion of any necessary adjustment or repairs of the
equipment, the person shall ensure it is restored such that the flame proof or
explosion-proof characteristics have not been impaired by the opening and
closing of the equipment.
39.  A person, other than a duly qualified person, shall not repair, adjust
or maintain a signalling equipment, and on completion of any repair, adjustment
or maintenance, the person shall ensure the intrinsic safety qualities of the
electrical circuit have not in any way been impaired.
40.  A person at a midstream and downstream petroleum facility or
location shall not—
(a)  during the period on duty —
(i) sleep, or
(ii) consume alcoholic substance or hard drugs ;
(b)  be admitted for duty while under the influence of alcoholic substance,
narcotics or hard drugs; or
(c) be admitted without declaration of prescription medication, if any.
Use of PPE,
housekeeping
Machinery
safeguards
Electrical
apparatus
Signalling
equipment
Sleeping or
drinking on
duty