Yes July 7th is National Lifeguard Day and you are probably wondering why it is in a confined space blog. Well if you think about it an Attendant is very much like a lifeguard at a swimming pool. A lifeguard can look after the safety a certain number of people under specific conditions. A Confined […]
Category: Confined Space
Measuring Hazards
The other day one of our teams was attending a client going into an empty tank. Our team wanted to take a number of precautions whereas the client did not. The team was concerned that the client was taking unnecessary risks. The client, on the other hand, thought we were going overboard. This conflict was created […]
Confined Space Identification
If confined spaces have been around for so long, why is it some of us still have difficulty identifying them? To figure out whether something is a confined space, we have to first determine if the area is intended for continuous human occupancy. Builders and manufacturers by law have to construct buildings and equipment in […]