Meeting the guidelines for permit-required confined spaces. (workers...

Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News;  December 5, 1994 ;     700+ words ......contain areas that are defined as confined spaces, since they hinder and restrict employee...of certain workplace locations as confined spaces is essential to the safety of workers...introduced a new term: permit-required confined spaces. OSHA's standard for confined ...

OSHA finally proposes safety rules for confined spaces in construction

Daily Reporter (Milwaukee);  November 30, 2007 ;     524 words ......announced plans to create safety rules for confined spaces in construction. On Wednesday, it...There have been safety rules governing confined spaces in other industries since 1993, but...create a four-tiered system to classify confined spaces, and sewers fall into the one with...

What you can't see can hurt you - how to reduce risk in confined spaces.

Plant Engineering;  February 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Confined spaces are an exception to the rule that...primary contributor to accidents in confined spaces. But periodic, thorough confined...includes confined-space training. Confined spaces defined OSHA defines a confined space...

Rivard Trenching Systems.(Equipment spotlight: rock trenching machine)

Underground Construction;  May 1, 2004 ;     75 words ......ideal for trenching in tight areas, such as along side a thin stretch of highway. It is especially useful for laying of drainage...crawler track, enabling the machine to move more easily in confined spaces, ph: 518.324.5460 Circle No. 111 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

OSHA, industry working on preventing injuries to workers in confined...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  February 22, 1994 ;     700+ words ......year scores of workers die in these confined spaces, victimized by gases, fumes and other...take to protect workers toiling in confined spaces. Among other things, the regulation...to determine which work areas are confined spaces because they are hard to enter and...

HSE alerts employers to the dangers of confined spaces following four...

M2 Presswire;  March 26, 2003 ;     546 words ......alerts employers to the dangers of confined spaces following four deaths in four weeks...reminded all employers who may encounter confined spaces of the dangers involved, following...fatalities occurred soon after entering the confined spaces. This serves to emphasise that the...

Regulation Requires Employers Protect Workers Toiling in Confined Spaces....

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 6, 1994 ;     700+ words ......year scores of workers die in these confined spaces, victimized by gases, fumes and other...take to protect workers toiling in confined spaces. Among other things, the regulation...to determine which work areas are confined spaces because they are hard to enter and...

Confined spaces should be safer

New Straits Times;  July 16, 2001 ;     619 words ......Thye New Straits Times 07-16-2001 Confined spaces should be safer Byline: Lee Lam Thye...regarding deaths of employees working in confined spaces. Dr Dilip Ghosh from Kuala Lumpur...accidents involving workers working in confined spaces has risen recently. Confined space...

ASSE Suggests Changing Proposed Confined Spaces Rule

Professional Safety;  September 1, 2008 ;     268 words ...CONFINED SPACES On behalf of ASSE, Gary Lopez, CSP...hearing on the proposed rule for confined spaces in construction. Lopez, senior director...protect themselves when entering confined spaces," Lopez said. "I firmly believe that...

Monitoring gases in confined spaces.

Public Works;  December 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......similar areas where they must enter confined spaces. Therefore, particular care must be...can test atmospheric conditions in confined spaces before entry, as well as throughout...new standard to protect workers in confined spaces. This standard, currently in effect...

Safety in confined spaces.

Underground Construction;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......maintenance often must do their jobs in confined spaces where they are exposed to numerous...routinely require personnel to enter confined spaces pose a variety of hazards. In addition...necessary--are conditions that apply to confined spaces. Working in sewer structures and pipes...

Guidelines for Hot Work in Confined Spaces

Professional Safety;  March 1, 2002 ;     200 words ......SAFETY Guidelines for Hot Work in Confined Spaces By Martin H. Finkel, CIH, CMC. Published...environments. Guidelines for Hot Work in Confined Spaces is the first publication that covers...atmospheric hazards during hot work in confined spaces. Its treatment of the need for visual...

Worker deaths in confined spaces

Professional Safety;  November 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...The danger of work in confined spaces has been written about since...continuous employee occupancy. Confined spaces include, but are not limited...studies to assess deaths in confined spaces have been hampered by data...

Boxcar dangers: Agencies re-issuing public service announcement to raise...

Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX);  May 3, 2006 ;     682 words ......immigrants like Salgado and others in confined spaces are part of a rising danger, Rio Grande...rising number of immigrants trapped in confined spaces who weren't reached in time. Cervantes...already been 37 deaths related to confined spaces in 2006. Because we are doing more...

Applying confined space entry rules to tanks. (storage tanks)

Plant Engineering;  May 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......comprehensive program for safe entry into confined spaces. The rule covers identification, testing...rescue, among other elements. The confined spaces regulations have some specific implications...confined space? Defining these areas as confined spaces alters most current procedures ...