Confined Space Entry and Emergency Response provides intensive, step-by-step guidance through the challenging maze of training regulations, equipment needs, and procedures to keep your response team finely tuned and ready to go under any conditions.

Features:

• The basic components of rescue
• OSHA's regulations for confined space entry and rescue
• Confined space entry permitting
• Assessing confined space hazards
• Hazardous atmospheres and how to protect entrants from them
• Air monitoring in confined spaces
• Selection and use of personal protective equipment
• The use of ropes and rigging

Contents

Basic Confined Space

• Introduction to Confined Spaces
• Regulatory and Administrative Aspects of Confined Space Entry and Rescue
• Identifying Confined Space Hazards
• Air Monitoring in Confined Spaces
• The Entry Permit

Protective Measures

• Controlling Confined Space Hazards
• Respiratory Protection
• Chemical Protective Clothing
• Personal Safety Equipment
• Safe Use of Personal Protective Equipment

Equipment and Entry

• Ropes, Webbing, Harnesses, and Hardware
• Tying Knots
• Rigging and Using Basic Systems for Confined Space Operations
• Making Entry Safely

Rescue

• Overview of Confined Space Rescue
• Rescue Team Organization and Management
• Rigging and Using Rescue Systems
• Packaging and transferring Patients for Confined Space Rescue

Index

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