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Confined Space Rescue Training helps employees deal with dangers, the work in the area, and be aware of what steps they must take if something should go wrong. Workers like, linemen must often crawl down inside underground vaults and work safely in confined spaces.
According to OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) standards, a confined space is that which “has limited or restricted means for entry or exit” & “is not designed for continuous worker occupancy.” These types of spaces are so restrictive that employees trying to get in or out of them will struggle to conduct their jobs properly.
The Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 cites various risks associated with confined spaces. These include:
Confined space accidents are of special concern to OSHA because they often involve multiple fatalities or injuries which occur when untrained rescuers suffer the same fate as the original victim.
Working in a confined space has many foreseeable risks and adequate training on how to enter a confined space and work in a confined space is a requirement of the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997. An employer, as a minimum, MUST make employees aware of the dangers of working in a confined space and provide adequate training of the foreseeable risks and carry out a confined space risk assessment that details a safe system of work. There are no regulations or legislation that states how often confined space training is required or expiry dates of any training or certificates.
Confined Space Rescue Training helps employees to work in these spaces, deal with dangers and be aware of what steps they must take if something goes wrong. Workers like linemen must often crawl down inside underground vaults and work safely in these spaces. Additionally, they climb poles and structures and therefore must establish a process to get coworkers down in the event of harm.
Confined Space Training equips workers with the skills & knowledge necessary to ensure safe entry to confined spaces, including such precautions as testing of air quality, forced ventilation, proper observation & monitoring of workers in the space. This training also helps to establish a rescue procedure using appropriate safety harnesses & other equipment.
Typically, confined spaces include storage bins, tanks, manholes, vaults, pits & pipelines. A “permit-required confined space” (permit space) is characterised by OSHA as a space with the following:
Many companies have these spaces in their workplaces and management may find it hard to decipher which safety standards they ought to follow, and what requirements must be met to adhere to worker safety training standards.
It is imperative that employees and employers are aware of the hazards in confined spaces, as well as the safety precautions necessary to protect them from danger. Hazards such as environmental toxins and engulfment can be avoided when everyone is properly trained on the latest safety standards.
Confined Space Rescue training is suitable for all personnel who are required to enter any confined space to assist or rescue an entrant in distress acting as part of a confined space rescue team.
Our courses are highly practical – and include conditions that replicate what a person may encounter when working in real confined spaces.
First Intervention Team offers 12 different in-person/classroom rescue training courses. Classroom-based training can be beneficial because the training can be custom-made according to the company’s operational hazards & specific needs.
First Intervention Team offer 12 different types of confined space training courses that we can deliver in both Levels 2 and 3.
Find out more about our rescue team training options or hiring a fully equipped standby rescue team for your next confined space project.
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