H2S meter and your Gas Mask

Please restate your question.

 

Did you mean H2S? Because yes that stuff will take you down.

 

Not true, I've had them go off before. It was always at a known h2s well, so I knew to keep an eye on the wind sock and get upwind. Never bothered with the mask.

 

They usually set the monitors to go off at around 5-10 ppm which isn't fatal but 300-500 ppm will likely knock you down. 1000 ppm or higher is pretty much instant death.

 

If you're going to work in the patch educate yourself on Hydrogen Sulfide.

It will kill you. On the flip side of the coin thousands of people work in h2s conditions daily.

 

Only thing they told me was if it goes off run like hell and if you see someone on the ground don't try to help em because they are dead

 

There are signs around every well/facility because every time there's gas/oil h2s is a possibility

Get on youtube and search h2s training video

 

Those are sad stories for sure. Alot have died from simply trying to help a friend.