Items Tagged with 'Confined spaces'

Do all confined spaces require electronic equipment for effective communication between the attendant and entrants?

Olympia, WA — Pesticide spray tanks are considered confined spaces if they’re big enough to enter (through a manhole cover or access port) and occupy, and require a permit for full or partial entry, emphasizes a new hazard alert from the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries’ Division of Occupational Safety and Health.

What is the best technology for detecting combustible gases in confined spaces?

Washington – A new fact sheet from OSHA is intended to protect residential construction workers operating in confined spaces such as attics, basements and crawl spaces.

XTIRPA Confined Space Entry Systems allow for vertical or horizontal entry into common confined space applications, including tanks, vessels, transformers, sewers and manholes. Systems are lightweight, portable and easy to set up.

Can I use one attendant to electronically monitor multiple 1910.146 confined space entries?

Washington – Full enforcement of OSHA’s new Confined Spaces in Construction Standard is being delayed again.

Washington – OSHA has published new guidance intended to help small businesses comply with the agency’s Confined Spaces in Construction Standard.

The 8-foot Confined Space Entry Tripod outperforms typical industrial confined space systems by providing ease of setup, greater lifting range and external pulleys that reduce risk of harm to the attendant.