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This Door Leads to a Room

This Door Leads to a Room. If You Never Enter the Room, IS IT STILL A ROOM?. “We NEVER go in there.”. Evaluate a space based on definitions…not on whether you enter the space or not!. WHAT IS A CONFINED SPACE?. A Confined Space is a space that meets all three criteria:

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This Door Leads to a Room

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  1. This Door Leads to a Room If You Never Enter the Room, IS IT STILL A ROOM?

  2. “We NEVER go in there.” Evaluate a space based on definitions…not on whether you enter the space or not!

  3. WHAT IS A CONFINED SPACE? • A Confined Space is a space that meets all three criteria: • Large enough to enter and perform work in • Has limited means of entry and exit • Is not designed for continuous human occupancy Some examples: Tank, pit, silo, tunnel, well, sewer, underground utility vault

  4. Large Enough to Bodily Enter • Average Person • Capable of Full Body Entry • …bodily enter and Perform Assigned Work • There Must be a Means of Entry • This could be pre-existing opening or one the employer has mandated be created

  5. Restricted Entry or Exit • Porthole, portable ladder, vertical fixed ladder, hatchway, etc. • Internal configuration which makes movement in space difficult • KEY PHRASE: “Route/Method of Exit Creates an Impediment to Self Rescue”

  6. Not Meant for Continuous Human Occupancy • The space is not a workstation • Employees may have assigned tasks which put them in those spaces on a routine basis as an excursion to flip a switch, check a reading, clean a filter or trap, etc. • Does include longer excursions like maintenance, service, or repair

  7. PERMIT REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE (PRCS) • A permit required confined space is one that contains or has the potential to contain serious safety or health hazards • Examples of hazards include: engulfment, toxic atmosphere, puzzling configuration, heat or cold stress, slipping hazards, flammable atmosphere, oxygen deficiency • Sewers, tanks, vessels, wells are examples of PRCS. • Entry occurs when your body “breaks the plane”

  8. CONFINED SPACE HAZARDS – TWO MAJOR FATALITY FACTORS • Failure to recognize and control the hazards associated with confined space • Atmospheric hazards • Physical hazards • Inadequate or incorrect emergency response • Rushing in spontaneously to rescue ‘man down’ • At least 60% of all fatalities are would be rescuers

  9. JOURNEY FROM AN IDENTIFIED CONFINED SPACE… TO A PERMIT REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE

  10. Is the CONFINED SPACEpermit required? • A confined space is a Permit Required Confined Space (PRCS) when one or more hazards exist in the space: 1. Actual/potential atmospheric hazards 2. Materials that could engulf entrant 3. Internal configuration that could trap or asphyxiate entrant 4. Any other serious safety or health hazard

  11. Analysis for Hazards • Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health-IDLH • Capable of Causing Death • Capable of Causing Incapacitation • Conditions Cause Inability to Self Rescue

  12. HAZARDS • Oxygen deficiency - inadequate ventilation, consumption of oxygen from welding, bacterial action (decomposition), rust • Oxygen displacement - simple asphyxiates like nitrogen or carbon dioxide replace O2 • Flammable atmospheres from gases, vaporized solvents, enriched O2 • Toxic gases - decomposition of matter generates hydrogen sulfide (heavier than air), carbon monoxide from welding, chlorine from bleach

  13. OXYGEN DEFICIENCY • 19.5% = minimum for safe entry • 16% - impaired judgment and breathing, accelerated heartbeat • 14% - faulty judgment and rapid fatigue • 6-10% - nausea, vomiting, inability to perform simple tasks, unconsciousness • less than 6% - rapid loss of consciousness, death in minutes

  14. Analysis for Explosivity • H2S and CH4 (methane) are naturally occurring and are flammable • Standard requires such airborne hazards to be controlled to below 10% of the LEL. (Refer to MSDS) • Remember to consult conversion sheet which comes with air monitor - some flammables can require adjustments of +/- 30%

  15. FLAMMABILITY HAZARDS Ignition source may be as simple as static electricity or spark from a tool Oxygen Ignition triangle Gas, vapor, or dust Ignition source

  16. Engulfment • Powders, beads, grains, pellets, coal, dust, sludge, etc. • Breakthrough bridging

  17. Analysis for Engulfment • Flowable materials in containers which are intact can be assumed to keep their integrity • The volume of the material in the space must be sufficient to cause death or impediment to self rescue

  18. Internal Configuration • Sloping Floors and Walls • Bottoms of Feed Hoppers or Silos • Drainage areas • Sluice ways • Baffles • High and Low Pipes • Low Ceiling Especially Hazardous when combined with engulfment hazards

  19. Other Serious Hazards • Exposed, Live Electrical Circuits • Unguarded Mechanical Hazards • Critters • Slippery Surface • Noise • Vibration • Heat • Poor Visibility • Others

  20. HEAT STRESS - SYMPTOMS • If the body can’t cool itself through sweating, heat exhaustion or heat stroke can occur • Heat exhaustion symptoms: • headache, dizziness, weakness, confusion, vomiting, fainting, pale clammy skin • What to do? Move to cool area, elevate legs, remove heavy clothing, drink cool water, apply wet cloth to skin • Heat stroke symptoms: • dry pale skin with no sweating

  21. HEAT STRESS - CONTINUED • Heat Stroke symptoms: • hot red skin that looks sunburned • inability to think straight, seizure, unconsciousness • what to do? Call 911, move victim to cool area, loosen heavy clothing, place icepacks at armpits & groin • How to protect yourself: • work during coolest part of the day, use spot ventilation, and use buddy system • drink plenty of cool water, a cup every 15 minutes, take frequent breaks, acclimatization • avoid alcohol or caffeine, certain medications may increase risk

  22. PROCEDURES • Conduct pre - entry evaluation, including a pre job discussion • Identify & eliminate all potential hazards that could enter the space - atmospheric and physical • Use forced air ventilation, perform lock out tag out if needed • Complete the Entry Permit. Who is the entrant, attendant, supervisor?

  23. PROCEDURES (CONT.) • Conduct initial monitoring with Gas detector and fill out results on Permit • Keep gas engines a safe distance away • Use full body harness for PRCS; set up retrieval unit; use two way communications

  24. JOB DUTIES AUTHORIZED ENTRANTS AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS AUTHORIZED BY THE EMPLOYER TO ENTER A CONFINED SPACE • Know the hazards that may be faced during entry • Wear appropriate PPE • Maintain communication with Attendant • Recognize signs of overexposure • Evacuate space ASAP when given order or unsafe condition or overexposure detected

  25. AUTHORIZED ENTRANT cont. • Must communicate with the attendant as necessary to enable the attendant to monitor their status and to enable the attendant to alert entrants of the need to evacuate the space

  26. AUTHORIZED ENTRANT cont. ENTRANT MUST ALERT ATTENDANT WHENEVER: • Entrant recognizes any warning sign or symptom of exposure to a dangerous situation • Entrant detects a prohibited condition

  27. AUTHORIZED ENTRANT cont. ENTRANT MUST EVACUATE AS QUICKLY AS PRACTICAL WHENEVER: • Attendant or supervisor orders so • Entrant recognizes warning signs/symptoms of hazardous exposure • Entrant detects prohibited condition • Evacuation alarm is activated

  28. Job Duties For a Confined SpaceATTENDANT • Maintain position outside entrance AT ALL TIMES while entrants are in confined space • Recognize signs and symptoms of overexposure • Prevent unauthorized access • Maintain communication with entrants • Initiate emergency response when required

  29. ATTENDANT cont. • Remain outside the space unless relieved by another attendant • Know possible behavioral effects of hazards in entrants • Continuously maintain an accurate count of authorized entrants in the permit space and ensure that there is a means for identifying authorized entrants (i.e.. Rosters, ID badge)

  30. ATTENDANT cont. • Communicate with entrants to monitor their status • Alert entrants to evacuate if attendant detects: • prohibited condition • behavioral effects of hazards in entrants • dangerous situation outside space • That s/he can no longer perform as attendant

  31. ATTENDANT cont. Summon rescue/emergency services as soon as it is determined entrants may need assistance to escape

  32. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES • Upon recognition of emergency, entrants leave space ASAP • Emergency = any condition such as energy release or hazardous atmosphere detected • Attendant contacts COC via phone to call 911 if entrant injury occurs or entrant is experiencing signs of overexposure or oxygen deficiency • Use retrieval equipment to remove entrant Do NOT enter space!!!!

  33. ATTENDANT cont. UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL • Warn them that they must stay away • If they have entered the space, advise them to leave immediately • Inform authorized entrants and supervisor if unauthorized personnel have entered the space

  34. JOB DUTIES ENTRY SUPERVISOR • Conduct pre entry evaluation and discussion • Ensure all personnel are aware of hazards • Implement control procedures as needed, such as ventilation • Coordinate initial testing of space • Complete Entry Permit

  35. ENTRY SUPERVISOR cont. • Verify that rescue service, if required, is available and that the means for summoning them are operable • Sign the permit indicating that entry may begin • Ensure removal of unauthorized individuals who enter or who attempt to enter the permit space during entry operations

  36. ENTRY SUPERVISOR cont. • AUTHORIZE & OVERSEE ENTRY! • Determine that entry operations remain consistent with terms of the entry permit and that acceptable entry conditions are maintained at intervals dictated by the hazards and operations performed within the space, and whenever responsibility for entry operations is transferred

  37. ENTRY SUPERVISOR cont. TERMINATES ENTRY… • When operations covered by permit are completed • When a condition that is not allowed under the permit arises in or near the space

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