TRAINING – CONFINED SPACES
CONFINED SPACES CAN BE DEADLY
A number of people are killed or seriously injured in confined spaces each year in the UK. This happens in a wide range of industries, from those involving complex plant to simple storage vessels.
FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINING Confined spaces can be found in many industrial facilities such as; oil/gas/wind turbine platforms and maritime vessels. All training delivered conforms to the requirements of the ‘Merchant Shipping (Entry into Dangerous Spaces) Regulations 1988’, ‘Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seaman Chapter 17’ and the ‘Marine Guidance Note 423 (M+F)’.
CONFINED SPACE TRAINING A confined space is a space that is large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter the space and perform work; and has limited or restricted means of entry/exit; and is not designed for continuous employee occupancy. Confined spaces include any chamber, tank, vat, silo, pit, trench, pipe, sewer, flue, well or other similar space in which, by virtue of its enclosed nature, there arises a reasonably foreseeable specified risk.
THE HAZARDS
Confined space hazards can be categorised as; atmospheric hazards and physical hazards. There are four major atmospheric hazards associated with confined spaces…
Those killed include people working in the confined space and those who try to rescue them without proper training and equipment. The fire prevention & fire-fighting course highlight hazards relating to confined space operations, and identify mechanisms to control fire risks. Delegates learn how to be competent in entering a confined space as part of routine operations and the wearing of breathing apparatus.
TRAINING
All delegates are formatively assessed and will demonstrate competence in utilising firefighting equipment as part of a firefighting team. The training enables the delegates to prepare firefighting equipment in readiness for firefighting duties and demonstrate their ability to use equipment safely and correctly in demanding situations.
3 Combustibility/Flammability – some confined spaces contain solvents, fuel oil, kerosene, etc. which provides fuel for combustion. For an atmosphere to become flammable there must be fuel, oxygen and an ignition source present
4 Toxicity – toxic gases can accumulate from chemicals used in the production process, biological or chemical breakdown of products, maintenance activities (welding) and decomposition
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1 Oxygen deficiency – this is where the consumption of oxygen takes place during open flame operations such as cutting and welding
2 Oxygen displacement – some gases will push or displace oxygen from a confined space. Nitrogen is often used to purge tanks and entering the tank before the nitrogen is removed and properly vented can prove fatal in minutes
OTHER HAZARDS
Other hazards that must be considered when working in confined spaces include; electrical energy, hot/cold conditions, wet/slick surfaces, excessive noise, and moving/or rotating parts/ equipment.
INJURIES AND FATALITIES Injuries and fatalities involving confined spaces are frequent and often involve successive fatalities when would-be rescuers succumb to the same problem as the initial victim. Approximately 60% of fatalities involve would-be rescuers and more than 30% of fatalities occur in a space that has been tested and found to be safe to enter.
Andrew Hodgson, Business Development Consultant said; “We look forward to working closely with companies that require offshore safety training and I believe delivering training in the Whitby area will be a desirable venue.”
Whitby & District Fishing Industry
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