Confined Spaces

Finding the Right Approach

By Robert Brown · November 2004

I started (and continue) my professional career, for better or worse, in the Golden State of California. As a result, much of my early understanding of health and safety management practices was framed around the early requirements of California's Occupational Safety and Health Division (Cal/OSHA).

Preparation is the Key

By Thomas Suski · August 2004

OF all the dangers inherent to confined space work, it's the invisible threat of atmospheric hazards that poses the greatest risks to employees.

Providing Full Protection

By Judie Smithers · August 2004

PERMIT-required confined spaces are death traps if entry teams don't take proper precautions.

Direct Reading Sensors for Toxic Killers

By Robert E. Henderson · May 2004

THE North American multi-sensor gas detector market is very large. Most of these instruments are purchased, at least in part, for use in confined space entry programs.

Alternative Technologies and Avoiding Entry

By Robert Brown, CIH, CSP, CHMM · February 2004

I have never actually entered a confined space, and to be honest, I have never really wanted to. I have, however, been responsible for ensuring the safe and effective entry into literally hundreds of confined spaces. One thing is for certain: The safest entry is no entry at all!

Using PIDs in Confined Spaces

February 2004

THE industrial environment has changed substantially since OSHA first defined confined space entry (CSE) regulation in the late '70s, and gas detection regulation has not kept pace.

Calibration Requirements for Confined Space Gas Detectors

By Robert E. Henderson · November 2003

OXYGEN deficiencies, explosive atmospheres, and exposure to toxic gases and vapors injure or kill hundreds of workers every year during confined space entry procedures.

The Elements of Confined Space Success

August 2003

To Whom Do You Turn?

By Jeff Beeler · August 2003

MANY articles in safety magazines address the subject of confined space rescue, so everyone should be familiar with 1910.146 (d)(9). It states that a company entering permit-required confined spaces must: "Develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services, for rescuing entrants from permit spaces . . . ."

Duties and Responsibilities of Permit-Required Confined Space Entry Team Members

By Robert E. Henderson · May 2003

OSHA's 29 CFR 1910.146, "Permit Required Confined Spaces," contains the requirements for practices and procedures to protect employees in general industry from the hazards of entry into permit-required confined spaces.

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