MILLER FALL PROTECTION Confined Space Presentation

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 1910.147 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

31. Thank You! Bob Wengryn Phone: 412-580-9862 Email: bwengryn@sperianprotection.com The World Leader in Personal Protective Equipment