1 MILLER FALL PROTECTION Confined Space Presentation Bob Wengryn Fall Protection Sales Manager
Jan 11, 2016
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MILLER FALL PROTECTIONConfined Space Presentation
Bob WengrynFall Protection Sales Manager
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BACKGROUND
District Sales Manager
16 Years Experience
Competent Person Certification
OSHA 30 Hour Certification
Confined Space Certification
FEATURED SPEAKER; ASSE, MBA, AGC, SIA, W.V. SAFETY SHOW, W. P.A. SAFETY SHOW, AIST
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TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Why Such A Big Issue?
Confined Space Program Requirements
What Is A Confined Space / Identify
Evaluate Hazards
Establish Protection Procedures To Control Hazards
Written Program & Permit Process For Entry
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WHY SUCH A BIG ISSUE?
47% Air (Oxygen, Gases, Vapors)
21% Drowning (Engulfment)
19% Toxic (Liquids, Vapors, etc above PEL)
10% Blunt Force Trauma
2% Electrocution (Mostly due to objects brought in)
1% Burns
NOTE: 60% OF THE ANNUAL CONFINED SPACE DEATHS ARE NOT THE ENTRANT.
Confined Space Hazards that cause fatalities
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CONFINED SPACE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
• Identify all confined spaces
• Evaluate confined spaces for hazards
• Establish protection procedures to control hazards
• Set up written program and permit procedures for entering
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WHAT IS A CONFINED SPACE?
Is large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter and perform assigned work; And
Has limited or restricted means for entry or exit; And
Is not designed for continuous employee occupancy
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PERMIT REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE
A confined space that has one or more of the following:
Contains or has a potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere;
Contains a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant;
Has an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated; or
Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard
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Examples of Confined Spaces
Open-Topped Water Tanks
Sewer and Underground Pump Stations
Wastewater Holding Tanks
Degreasing Tanks
Grain Silos
Sawdust Silos
Railroad Tank Cars
Tanker Trucks
Trenches / Trench boxes
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EVALUATE HAZARDS – ATMOSPHERIC TESTING
Tested before an employee enters the space
Calibrated direct-reading instrument
O2, Flammables, Toxics
Must protect employees from the hazardous atmosphere before any entry takes place
Employee or authorized representative shall be provided an opportunity to observe the pre-entry testing
Periodic testing required
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OSHA’s STANCE ON CALIBRATION
What does OSHA accept as a "calibrated" direct reading instrument required by paragraph (c)(5)(ii)(C) for entrants to test the atmosphere for permit space entry?
A testing instrument calibrated in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations meets this requirement. The best way for an employer to verify calibration is through documentation
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Calibration: The Key to Accurate Readings
Calibration refers to an instrument’s measuring accuracy relative to a known concentration of gas. Gas detectors measure the concentration of a gas in an air sample by comparing the sensor’s response to the response generated by a calibration gas of a known concentration. The instrument’s response to the calibration gas serves as the measurement scale or reference point.
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Calibration: The Key to Accurate Readings
Calibration drift: when an instruments reference point has shifted resulting in unreliable data
Caused by:
Gradual sensor degradation Chronic exposures to extreme temperatures and humidity Exposure to high (over range) concentrations of gas Exposure to LEL sensor poisons Harsh storage and operating conditions
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EVALUATE HAZARDS - RETRIEVAL
Horizontal entry
Vertical entry
How many in space?
Obstacles?
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CONTROLLING HAZARDS
Specify acceptable entry conditions
Isolating the permit space (29 CFR 1910.147 LOTO)
Providing barriers to prevent entry
Verifying acceptable entry conditions
Purging, making inert, flushing or ventilating the permit space.
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Reclassifying Confined Spaces
Permit Spaces can be made non-permit if ALL hazards are eliminated
For as long as the non-atmospheric hazards remain eliminated.
Control of atmospheric hazards through forced air ventilation does not constitute elimination of the hazards – MUST MONITOR!!!!
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WRITTEN CONFINED SPACE PROGRAM
Implement measures to prevent unauthorized entry
Identify and evaluate hazards in permit space
Test atmospheric conditions in the permit space
Eliminate or control hazards in space
Identify employee job duties
Provide and maintain PPE and require employees to use it
Ensure that at least one attendant is stationed outside the permit space for the duration of entry operations
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Written Confined Space Program
Coordinate entry operations when employees of more than one employer are in the permit space
Procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services
Preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting rescue
Establish a system for the preparation, issue, use and cancellation of entry permits
Review established entry operations annually
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CONFINED SPACE ENTRY PERMIT
• Location of space
• Scope of work
• When work will be done
• How long work will take and duration of permit
• Names of all team members and duties
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SAFETY INFORMATION ON PERMIT
• Atmospheric testing results: initial and follow up
• Hazard control actions taken
• Special permits such as hot work.
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BASIC EQUIPMENT ON PERMIT
• PPE
• Communication devices
• Fall protection devices
• Structures or modifications needed
• Rescue equipment
• Alarms
• Non-sparking tools
• Intrinsically-safe lighting
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RESCUE INFORMATION ON PERMIT
• Identity of rescue team
• How to summon the rescue
team
• Required rescue equipment
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THE CONFINED SPACE ENTRY TEAM
• Attendants
• Entrants
• Entry supervisor
• Rescue Personnel
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ATTENDANT DUTIES
• Keep people and hazards away
• Monitor and communicate with entrants
• Know signs of a problem
• Order entrants out if needed
• Summon rescue team
• Begin non-entry rescue
• Never enter confined space
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ENTRANT DUTIES
• Know hazards of space
• Understand information on permit
• Ensure listed hazards are controlled
• Wear required safety equipment and PPE
• Recognize signs of a problem
• Stay in contact with attendant
• Get out at first sign of a problem
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ENTRY SUPERVISIOR DUTIES
• Authorizes entry
• Makes sure permit is complete
• Sees that tests and procedures are done
• Determines that team members and equipment are in place
• Oversees follow-up tests
• Terminates entry permit when work is finished or if problem develops
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RESCUE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
• Know actual confined spaces and potential rescue problems
• Trained in first aid and CPR
• Practice regularly at spaces
• Can respond to emergencies “in a timely matter”
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Rescue Equipment
Non-Entry Rescue FIRST!!!!
Retrieval systems shall be used
Wristlets or full body harness, with a retrieval line attached at the center of the entrant's back near shoulder level
Mechanical device for vertical distances more than 5 feet (1.52 m) deep
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CONTRACTOR’S MUST BE INFORMED OF:
Permit spaces and entry requirements
Any identified hazards
The employer’s experience with the space
Precautions or procedures to be followed
Coordinating entry between two or more contractors
Debriefing at the conclusion of entry operations
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CORRECT?
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Review
Why Such a Big Issue?
Confines Space Program Requirements
What is a Confined Space / Identify
Evaluate Hazards
Establish Protection Procedure to Control Hazards
Written Program and Permit Process for Entry
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Bob Wengryn
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