Workers entering and working in confined spaces face a number of potentially fatal hazards such as insufficient oxygen, physical hazards including falls, and toxic or flammable atmospheres.

Explore the critical importance of confined space safety in meter reading and metering services, from identifying hazards to implementing proactive protocols. Learn how to navigate entry procedures ...

Today at a training ground on ChattState campus, a group of students learned lifesaving skills.

A confined entry permit may address a simple situation in which realistically nothing can go wrong. For example, you’re replacing a lift control in a garage pit during regular working hours. There are ...

Every year, industrial workers around the globe face the daunting task of entering confined spaces to perform necessary inspections, maintenance and operations. These spaces—characterized by their ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email TULSA, Okla. – Confined spaces are more than just tight spots. They are potentially dangerous environments that ...

Over 1 ½ million workers enter confined spaces on an annual basis. Serious injury or death in a confined space can be the result of asphyxiation, engulfment, electric shock, falls, and heat stress.

If tasked to serve as a confined entry attendant, do you know what your duties are? A common misperception is that it’s your job to wait around until someone says you are needed to go get ...

This program establishes the framework to protect individuals from the hazards associated with entering and performing work in confined spaces through evaluations, training, safe work practices, and ...

Too often in the fire service, specialty teams are thought of independently. However, there arguably is no stronger connection between two disciplines than there is between confined space rescue and ...

Although many fire departments have technical rescue resources available to them either internally or regionally via mutual-aid agreements, chances are that a company that isn’t trained in technical ...

Benjamin Franklin famously once said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail” but nowhere is this statement clearer—or riskier—than when it comes to worker safety. The more employers can ...