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Dan

g

ers of

H

y

dro

g

en Sul

p

h

ide

BOS-

P

RD-0

3

.90090

7

4

Descri

p

tion

4

.1 Dan

g

ers of

H

2

S

x

H

2

S i

s

an

e

x

treme

l

y

to

xic

gas

t

h

at

nat

u

ra

ll

y

o

cc

u

rs

i

n

some

s

u

b

-

sea

o

ff

s

h

ore

dr

illi

ng

and

e

x

p

l

orat

i

on

a

c

t

i

v

i

t

i

es

;

x

H

2

S

ma

y

a

l

so

be

present

i

n

u

nvent

il

ated

spa

c

es

wh

ic

h

h

ave

c

onta

i

ned

ba

ll

ast

w

ater

wh

ic

h

h

as

be

c

ome

stagnant

d

u

e

to

t

h

e

rott

i

ng

o

f

organ

ic

mater

i

a

l i

n

t

h

e

w

ater

;

x

H

2

S

h

as

t

h

e

h

i

g

h

est

l

eve

l

o

f

to

xici

t

y

o

f

a

ll

nat

u

ra

ll

y

o

cc

u

rr

i

ng

gases and

even

i

n

sma

ll

amo

u

nts

,

h

as

a

strong

s

u

l

p

hu

r

sme

ll

t

h

at

i

s

c

omparab

l

e

to

t

h

at

o

f

“

rotten eggs

”;

x

H

2

S i

s

h

eav

i

er

t

h

an a

i

r and

t

h

ere

f

ore

w

ill

be

c

ome more

c

on

c

entrated

i

n

nearer

t

h

e

de

ck

or

gro

u

nd

;

x

H

2

S i

s

a

l

so

e

x

p

l

os

i

ve

wh

en

c

omb

i

ned

w

i

t

h

a

i

r

at

a

range bet

w

een

4.

3

to

4

5

.

5 per

c

ent b

y

vo

l

u

me

.

4

.

2

T

h

e identification of

H

2

S

x

Cl

ose

li

a

i

son

shall

be

c

ond

u

c

ted

bet

w

een

t

h

e

vesse

l

Master

and

t

h

e

Offs

h

ore

I

nstallation

Mana

g

er

(

O

I

M

)

to

ens

u

re

t

h

at

an

y

potent

i

a

l

areas

t

h

at ma

y

be

e

x

pe

c

ted

to

prod

u

c

e

H

2

S

are

fu

ll

y

c

omm

u

n

ic

ated

;

x

T

h

e

sme

ll

o

f

“

rotten

eggs

” i

s

t

h

e

i

n

i

t

i

a

l

f

a

c

tor

wh

ic

h

i

dent

i

f

i

es

t

h

e

presen

c

e

o

f

H

2

S. W

h

en

t

h

i

s

o

cc

u

rs

t

h

e

Master

,

Base Mana

g

er

and

C

ontracts Mana

g

er

shall

be

i

n

f

ormed

.

A

t

t

h

i

s

stage

t

h

e

c

on

c

entrat

i

on

w

ill

be

be

l

o

w 1

0

ppm

;

x

S

h

o

u

l

d

t

h

e

sme

ll

o

f

“

rotten

eggs

”

s

u

bse

q

u

ent

l

y

d

i

sappear

t

h

i

s

shall

not

be

i

nterpreted

t

h

at

t

h

e

H

2

S

c

on

c

entrat

i

on

h

as

de

c

reased

.

A

s

t

h

e

c

on

c

entrat

i

ons

i

n

c

reases

,

so

t

h

e

ab

ili

t

y

to

sme

ll i

t

de

c

reases

.

A

n

y

s

i

gns

o

f

d

i

zz

i

ness

or

c

o

u

g

h

i

ng

should

be

i

mmed

i

ate

l

y

i

nterpreted

as

a

r

i

s

i

ng

c

on

c

entrat

i

on

.

D

eat

h

c

an

q

u

ickl

y

f

o

ll

o

w

s

h

o

u

l

d t

h

e

c

on

c

entrat

i

on

c

ont

i

n

u

e

to

r

i

se

above

5

0

ppm

.

4

.

3

T

h

e effects of

H

2

S

C

oncentration

E

ffect

0 –

1

0

ppm

S

me

ll

o

f

“

rotten

eggs

”

I

rr

i

tat

i

on

o

f

t

h

e e

y

es

,

nose

and

t

h

roat

1

0 –

5

0

ppm

S

me

ll

o

f

“

rotten

eggs

”

de

c

reases

H

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c

h

e

Di

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i

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u

sea

and

vom

i

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i

ng

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o

u

g

h

i

ng and

breat

h

i

ng d

i

ff

ic

u

l

t

y

More

t

h

an

5

0

ppm

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me

ll

o

f

“

rotten

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”

d

i

sappears

S

h

o

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l

s

i

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