With the promulgation of OSHA 1926 Subpart AA, Confined Spaces in Construction, the requirements for effective communications have certainly been enhanced compared to 1910.146, Permit Required ...

These nine images show military personnel training to rescue people from confined spaces like tanks, manholes, tunnels, pipelines and many more spaces so tight that they can become trapped.

Air quality in confined spaces can change in an instant—and assumptions can be costly. Here’s why continuous monitoring and ...

The confined space poses no actual or potential atmospheric hazard; and; All hazards within the confined space can be eliminated (and not just controlled) without entry into the space. If it is ...

Arrival Whether the incident was dispatched as a confined-space rescue or the first-arriving company suspects that the emergency might be in a confined space, simple steps should be taken on arrival.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration defines a confined space as an area that meets all three of the following conditions, which are outlined in 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR ...

Confined space hazards are caused by the material in the confined space, the activity carried out in the space, and the external environment. OSHA requires a permit for entering any confined space ...

The major factors that lead to injuries in confined spaces include failure to recognize and control these hazards, and inadequate or incorrect emergency response. The Occupational Safety and Health ...

A confined space has limited means of entry or exit and is not designed for continuous occupancy. Confined space hazards are caused by the material in the confined space, the activity carried out in ...

Thirty-nine members of Team Ansbach participated in an aircraft confined-spaces training course, held Dec. 9-11, 2014, at the Urlas Fire Fighting Training Site, and inside Hangar 3 at Katterbach ...

Course Description. This course covers the safety and health hazards associated with permit-required confined space entry. Course topics include recognition of confined space hazards, identification ...

by John F. Rekus PE, CIH, CSP. When I first read the preamble to the then new OSHA confined space standard, I was struck by an interesting paradox that appeared on page 4,487 of the Jan. 14, 1993, ...