1. MILLER FALL PROTECTION Confined Space Presentation
Bob Wengryn
Fall Protection Sales Manager

2. 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

3. 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

4. WHY SUCH A BIG ISSUE? Confined Space Hazards that cause fatalities
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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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

13. EVALUATE HAZARDS - RETRIEVAL
Horizontal entry
Vertical entry
How many in space?
Obstacles?

14. CONTROLLING HAZARDS Specify acceptable entry conditions
Isolating the permit space (29 CFR LOTO)
Providing barriers to prevent entry
Verifying acceptable entry conditions
Purging, making inert, flushing or ventilating the permit space.

15. 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!!!!

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. SAFETY INFORMATION ON PERMIT
Atmospheric testing results: initial and follow up
Hazard control actions taken
Special permits such as hot work.

20. BASIC EQUIPMENT ON PERMIT
PPE
Communication devices
Fall protection devices
Structures or modifications needed
Rescue equipment
Alarms
Non-sparking tools
Intrinsically-safe lighting

21. RESCUE INFORMATION ON PERMIT
Identity of rescue team
How to summon the rescue team
Required rescue equipment

22. THE CONFINED SPACE ENTRY TEAM
Attendants
Entrants
Entry supervisor
Rescue Personnel

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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”

27. 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

28. 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

29. CORRECT?

30. 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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