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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 ...

Sep. 5, 2012

By Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd

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 ...

Apr. 2, 2013

By Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd

Ensuring personnel safety in a confined space

“There are no second chances with a confined space entry. It has to be right first time.“ Identifying a confined space… The HSE Confined Space Regulations 1997 define a confined space as: “A space of an enclosed nature where there is a risk of death or serious injury from hazardous substances or dangerous conditions” Some confined spaces are easy to identify ...

Sep. 4, 2013

By a1-cbiss

Air and noise monitoring on a soil depollution site - Case Study

Construction work generates dust that can be harmful to the environment and to workers involved in demolition or excavation or operating in confined spaces. Air quality and noise monitoring is essential. Ecomesure proposed to set up a network of surveillance sensors (air quality and noise) to enhance construction site management as a solution for REMEA, a company that specialises in soil ...

Apr. 20, 2018

By ECOMESURE

Continuous Oxygen Monitor Detects Leaks in Nitrogen Dewar Storage

Extremely low maintenance oxygen (O2) monitor designed to continuously monitor confined spaces for low oxygen levels available from PureAire Oxygen Monitors. PureAire Oxygen Monitor is suitable in all environments containing nitrogen, helium, argon, or any cryogenic gases. PureAire is unaffected by temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, or any environmental changes. The instrument displays ...

Aug. 28, 2011

By PureAire Monitoring Systems, Inc

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 ...

Mar. 17, 2010

By Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd

IVF Cryopreservation and Safe Handling Practices

Couples that want to have a baby but have not been able to conceive naturally are drawn to invitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. In an IVF treatment, several eggs are fertilized at once, which creates multiple embryos. While more than one embryo may be implanted, to spur the odds of pregnancy, there are inevitably some unused embryos. The remaining embryos may be preserved cryogenically, for ...

Apr. 2, 2019

By PureAire Monitoring Systems, Inc

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. ...

May 19, 2016

By Premier Safety

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 ...

Jan. 29, 2019

By PureAire Monitoring Systems, Inc

Gas Distributors and Specialty Gas Suppliers are the Key to Technology Companies

The technologies that power laptops, smartphones, LED televisions, and other technologies rely on one hidden ingredient: Gas. Compressed and inert gases help create a pure environment, control the temperature, and carry other substances for a high-quality end product. See how the different gases used play a pivotal role in technology product development and also how they introduce health and ...

Oct. 2, 2018

By PureAire Monitoring Systems, Inc

EVERLAST Wet well mounted pump station - United Kingdom Hospital - Case Study

The Challenge Tough-to-access submersible pumps complicated life and increased costs for maintenance workers at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, United Kingdom. “Our original submersible pump sets were no longer maintainable by our in-house staff,” said Leslie Dey, Estates Officer for the hospital, “Keeping up with the training to send anyone down there would have been ...

Sep. 7, 2019

By Smith & Loveless Inc.

The beverage industry`s incorrect way of monitoring for CO2 leaks

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is the primary compressed gas used for beverages at major fast food chains. This gas is also used in restaurants, gas stations, and grocery stores. When CO2 leaks into a confined space or basement, this creates a very unsafe workplace for employees by lowering the breathable oxygen. History seems to repeat itself all too often while dealing with CO2. Due to the CO2 leaks ...

Feb. 13, 2012

By PureAire Monitoring Systems, Inc

Using PID for Benzene detection

Rather than having to rely on human senses in a workplace setting it is advisable to use an appropriate form of quantitative monitoring; indeed the onus is on the employer to do the risk assessment. Remembering the old adage attributed to Lord Kelvin that you can’t manage what you don’t measure, there are methods published by the Health and Safety Executive in the UK and NIOSH in ...

Jan. 12, 2018

By Ion Science Ltd.

New requirements for safe use and storage of liquid nitrogen and dry ice

The College of American Pathologists ("CAP")recently imposed new requirements to address risks related to the use and storage of liquid nitrogen ("LN2") and dry ice. Background The new requirements come after a deadly incident in 2017, when liquid nitrogen leaked at a Georgia lab that was not accredited through CAP. Emergency responders were called to the scene when an employee suffered burns ...

Apr. 20, 2019

By PureAire Monitoring Systems, Inc

The Role of Gas Detection in Offshore Applications

Off-shore drilling is a highly hazardous process with dangers of complexes equipment, harsh environments, severe weather as well as toxic gases and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) which can be found mixed in with the products being extracted. Toxic gas emissions are a danger in the environments in which offshore applications are found, creating unsafe conditions for personnel. This results in ...

Aug. 15, 2019

By Ion Science Ltd.

Confined Space Entry - 4 main causes of serious accidents

In this article, we look at the most common accidents taking place in confined spaces. Based on relevant work safety literature, we present the main causes of serious accidents related to confined space entry. We also address the issue of determining which atmospheric hazards should be measured in a confined space that will soon be entered and explain how Gasmet helps you solve this ...

Nov. 12, 2020

By Gasmet Technologies Oy

Workplace Monitoring: Who, What, When, Why, How?

In my previous articles in this series for SHP readers, I have focussed on the need for current attitudes to general health and safety processes to change and emphasised the importance of regular monitoring. The best way to combat those ‘hidden killers’ and protect our workforces is to increase awareness of the benefits of regular monitoring and detection. Employees then need to take ...

Oct. 1, 2016

By Casella

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