confined space gas Articles
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Confined Space Gas Testing: Tools Needed, Tips & Tricks
Employees who go into confined spaces for work on a daily basis face the risk of exposure to airborne toxins that can cause injury or even death. These confined spaces, which are commonly present in chemical factories, processing plants, paper mills, utility corridors, and underground coal mines, may contain air that is oxygen-deficient or polluted with toxic and flammable gases. That is why ...
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Instrument Bump Test and Calibration Frequency
Introduction ATEX, IEC, British HSE, and US OSHA standards all call for the bump test and calibration of any portable instrument used for worker health and safety protection in a potentially hazardous environment. In order to ensure safety it is necessary not only for the gas meter to read accurately but also to have functional alarms that alert the worker to a hazardous condition. Initial ...
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Read about Confined Space in Construction and Atmospheric Testing Right Here!
In 1993, 29 CFR 1910.146 went into effect as the first federal legislation governing entry into permit-required confined spaces in general industry. Because some industries, such as the construction industry, were covered by specific Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety regulations, they were exempt from the confined space entry requirements of the general industry rule. ...
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PureAire Combines Oxygen and CO2 Sensors to provide a Dual Gas Monitor to the Marketplace
As a recognized leader in O2 safety monitoring, PureAire recently explored the need for an O2 monitor where carbon dioxide is used. There are four key cryogenic gases; nitrogen, helium, argon, and carbon dioxide (CO2), which can create an oxygen deficient atmosphere. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) covering cryogenic gases cite that a cryogenic leak can create an unsafe environment by lowering ...
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How to bump test and calibrate gas detection equipment
Introduction ATEX, IEC, British HSE, and US OSHA standards all call for the bump test and calibration of any portable instrument used for worker health and safety protection in a potentially hazardous environment. In order to ensure safety it is necessary not only for the gas meter to read accurately but also to have functional alarms that alert the worker to a hazardous condition. Initial ...
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Gas safety in confined spaces
A confined space is any space large enough for someone to enter and perform assigned work, which has limited means of entry or exit, and which is not designed for continuous worker occupancy. This covers just about every industry, including utilities, construction, hydrocarbon exploration and processing, petrochemicals, marine, agriculture, food processing and brewing, as well as the emergency ...
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Gas Safety in Confined Spaces
Introduction A confined space is any space large enough for someone to enter and perform assigned work, which has limited means of entry or exit, and which is not designed for continuous worker occupancy. This covers just about every industry, including utilities, construction, hydrocarbon exploration and processing, petrochemicals, marine, agriculture, food processing and brewing, as well as ...
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Gas safety in confined spaces
An engineer repairs buried cables; a plant manager enters a small plant room; a contractor inspects the lining of a sewage pipe. All these personnel face a common danger, despite working in widely different industries. Gas-related injury poses a serious threat in any confined space where the free movement of air is limited. A confined space is usually defined as any space which is large ...
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7 Industries That Benefit From Confined Space Training
Did you know that many different industries can benefit from confined space training? While the construction industry is one of the most well-known sectors that require this type of safety training, there are actually a number of other businesses that can benefit from it as well. In this blog post, we will discuss seven industries that can benefit from confined space training. ...
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The Importance of Confined Space Entry Training
Confined spaces, while crucial for various industries, can be silent killers if not approached with caution and expertise. These enclosed areas, such as tanks, silos, and tunnels, often harbor unseen dangers like toxic gases, limited oxygen, and the potential for entrapment. To navigate these hazards safely, confined space entry training is not just a valuable asset; it is an absolute ...
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How To Properly Ventilate A Confined Space
Properly ventilating a confined space is an essential aspect of ensuring the safety of individuals working or entering such environments. Confined spaces, characterized by limited entry and exit points and restricted airflow, can pose serious risks due to the potential accumulation of hazardous gases, lack of oxygen, or other dangerous conditions. Whether it’s a manhole, storage tank, ...
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The Permissible Gas Levels in Confined Spaces
Gas levels in in confined spaces are important for knowing if it’s safe to work there. Monitoring and maintaining gases at safe levels protects staff from potential dangers such as fires, explosions, suffocation, and contact with harmful substances. This article explains the acceptable levels of different gases in enclosed spaces. It emphasizes the importance of monitoring these levels. ...
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Hole Watch: Who They Are and Their Duties
In employee safety and business continuity in Kentucky, hole watch personnel play a critical role in ensuring the well-being of workers involved in confined space activities. A hole watch, or confined space attendant, is a trained individual who plays a key role in ensuring the safety of workers operating in confined spaces. Their primary responsibilities include monitoring the safety conditions ...
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Don’t Let the Welding Fume Plume Make You Sick
What’s at Stake? Welding poses a unique combination of both safety and health risks to more than 500,000 workers in a wide variety of industries. The risk from fatal injuries alone is more than four deaths per thousand workers over a working lifetime. What’s the Danger? The fume plume is the clearly visible column of fume that rises directly from the spot of welding or cutting. ...
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Increased Demand for PureAire’s Oxygen Monitor for Nitrogen and Helium Storage
When storing or using Liquid Nitrogen, Helium, CO2, or Argon cylinders in a confined space, what are the potential risks? Gas leaks are the most common, requiring the need for an oxygen deficiency monitor for protecting employees in the workplace. With inert cryogenic gases, loose or broken fittings can leak gas into a room displacing oxygen, causing impaired judgment or loss of life to workers. ...
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How Many Oxygen Monitors Should Be Installed? Where Should I mount one?
While OSHA regulations require the use of an oxygen monitor anywhere that compressed gases or cryogenic liquids are used or stored indoors, the regulation does not provide sufficient detail for facilities on how to set up am oxygen monitor. Businesses want to comply with the regulations, but are left wondering what compliance looks like. At PureAire, we're often asked by our customers, "how many ...
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Portable Gas Detectors:You Need To Know
Generally speaking, gas detectors are mainly divided into two categories, stationary gas detectors or portable gas detectors. Both types use various gas sensor technologies to detect gas or vapor hazards. Both types have their own advantages and disadvantages as well as subcategories. Therefore, it is extremely important to understand the nature of the gas or vapor hazard you are trying to ...
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Construction Site Safety Inspections – Is a Checklist Sufficient?
Most safety inspections at construction sites use some form of a checklist. There are hundreds of them available and they can vary from a couple of pages to 20, 30, or more pages. If carefully chosen to match the type of construction activity (roadway, high rise building, demolition, landfills, residential, multi-family housing, land clearing, bridges, tunnels, etc.) all have value—at ...
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William Tracey Group - Case Study
Name: Scott Newport Job Title: Divisional Technical Manager Company: William Tracey Group, Scotland, United Kingdom Peak Precision stack at William Tracey's lab Soil analysis with Peak Precision William Tracey is one of the UK’s leading recycling and resource management companies with a full range of environmental services. It delivers bespoke recycling, waste reduction and ...
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Why instrument hire makes occupational safety sense
Background Decisions concerning the acquisition of occupational safety monitoring instrumentation are often made by operational staff that may not have visibility of the full financial implications of their choices. The following article will examine the factors affecting these decisions and explain why a strategic decision to hire instrumentation can deliver substantial and wide-ranging ...
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