NAICS 211, 213
OSHA compliance for oil & gas: PSM, HAZWOPER, and well control.
OSHA compliance for oil and gas centers on process safety management (PSM), HAZWOPER, well control, and H₂S exposure, and upstream and midstream operators (NAICS 211 and 213) answer to several federal regulators at once. Cairn gives you every applicable directive, emphasis program, and recent investigation report, with citations you can show to any of the regulators.
PSM coverage
Each PSM element is linked to enforcement precedent and current interpretation guidance.
Context from other agencies
Cairn points out where requirements from different federal agencies overlap, and it shows the overlap in the answer.
Investigation reports
Process safety incident investigation reports, indexed alongside the standards they involve.
Emphasis programs
Cairn flags active National Emphasis Programs (NEPs) when they apply to your question.
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Testing a tank's air before anyone goes in
The standards your inspector opens first
The standards below are the most cited in Oil & Gas Extraction (NAICS 211 and 213), and every reference links to the standard on osha.gov.
Process safety management
29 CFR 1910.119HAZWOPER
29 CFR 1910.120Permit-required confined spaces
29 CFR 1910.146Lockout/tagout
29 CFR 1910.147Hazard communication
29 CFR 1910.1200
The questions that won't go away
The list covers the compliance questions Oil & Gas teams bring us again and again, and Cairn answers each one with the standard, the citation, and a source you can open.
Legacy facilities need to show that they follow recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP) under PSM.
H₂S exposure assessments and respiratory protection programs need to be adequate.
Hot work permits on tank batteries need to be managed from issue to close.
Contractors need to be prequalified under the PSM requirements.
Investigation reports need to be tracked and built into the management of change (MOC) process.
A question Cairn answers in seconds
"Our gas plant just added a new compressor. Does the compressor push us over the PSM threshold for flammables?"
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Extraction (NAICS 211 and 213)
- Cites
- PSM threshold quantities, Appendix A
- Ref
- PSM threshold quantities
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Defending a PSM audit
List PSM citations issued to peer operators in recent years, grouped by element.
Learning from incidents
Compare your near miss with published investigations of similar process upsets.
Commissioning a new asset
Prepare the process safety information (PSI) package using current RAGAGEP and the most recent enforcement guidance.
For more on Oil & Gas risk, see the OSHA citation-risk data for your NAICS code, compare your numbers with TRIR and DART benchmarking by industry, or search the full OSHA enforcement record for inspections and violations in your sector.
Oil & Gas OSHA compliance, answered
Does OSHA process safety management (PSM) apply to oil and gas operations?
PSM under 29 CFR 1910.119 applies once a covered process holds a threshold quantity of a highly hazardous chemical (Appendix A). Gas plants and tank batteries often hold more than the threshold quantity. Cairn maps each PSM element to enforcement precedent and current interpretation guidance for upstream and midstream operators.
What OSHA standards cover H2S and HAZWOPER in oil and gas?
HAZWOPER (29 CFR 1910.120) governs cleanup and emergency response, while H₂S exposure is addressed through respiratory protection and the agency's H₂S directives. Cairn shows the cited requirement and the emphasis programs that apply to your work.
How is oil and gas OSHA compliance different from chemical manufacturing?
Both rely on PSM, but oil and gas (NAICS 211/213) covers upstream and midstream operations, while chemical manufacturing is NAICS 325. Our OSHA compliance for chemical manufacturing page describes PSM, RMP, and hazard communication from the plant side.
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