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Workshop:
Confined Space Entry
December 03, 2008
Guilford, CT
10:00 AM - 12 Noon, Registration at 9:30 AM
This seminar is open to CIRMA members only
SUMMARY
This course prepares participants for proper confined space
entry. It teaches the associated responsibilities as well as
procedures to be followed by authorized entrants, attendants,
and entry supervisors.
| OSHA Compliance Series
Confined Space Entry is one of many informative
workshops in CIRMA’s OSHA Compliance series. This
workshop is free to CIRMA members.
For more information about CIRMA workshops, please
email CIRMA at cirmaworkshop@ccm-ct.org.
"About 65 occupational fatalities per year in the
United States are caused by unsafe entry into a
confined space. Most of these deaths (over 80%)
are considered preventable."
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Many workplaces contain spaces that OSHA considers "confined"
because their dimensions hinder movement of employees who
must enter and work in them. Those who enter confined spaces
risk entrapment and suffocation, or, in some cases, exposure to
toxic gases, explosions, or moving machinery. If an accident
occurs, the responding fire, EMT, or police personnel face the
same dangers.Public entities are required to provide training so that their
employees who work in a confined space have the knowledge
and skills they need to safely perform their jobs.
You will learn:
- The difference between "non-permit required" and
"permit-required" confined spaces, as defined by OSHA.
- Entry hazards, including information on mode, signs and
symptoms, and consequences of exposure.
- Equipment used for confined space entry, including PPE,
ventilation devices, and atmospheric testing devices.
- Entry procedures for both types of spaces, including duties
for authorized entrants, attendants, and entry supervisors.
- Proper use of equipment, and conditions and procedures to
be used during emergencies by authorized entrants.
- How attendants should monitor conditions of the space,
what conditions require evacuation, rescue services, and
how to perform non-entry rescues.
- Testing and monitoring requirements, acceptable conditions
for entry, proper permitting and entry procedures to be
followed by entry supervisors.
This workshop will teach you how to identify a confined space,
and to distinguish between those that are "permit-required"
and "non-permit required." It teaches the proper labeling for
confined spaces; how to complete a confined space entry and a
hot-work permit.
AUDIENCE
- Risk Managers and Safety Directors
- Police Officers, Firefighters, and EMTs
- Public Works Supervisors and Employees
- Maintenance and Custodial Personnel
SPEAKERS
Catherine Zinsser,
Occupational Safety Training Specialist, CONN-OSHA
Mrs. Zinsser has been with Connecticut OSHA for three
years. She has a Bachelors of Science in Industrial Hygiene
from Quinnipiac University. Mrs. Zinsser has been in the
safety and environmental consulting field for several years
and as a CONN-OSHA Training Specialist, Mrs. Zinsser has
responsibility for CONN-OSHA training activities.
WHERE
GUILFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT
390 Church Street
Guilford, CT 06437
(203) 453-8056
COST per attendee
This seminar is open to CIRMA members only and is free of charge.
DIRECTIONS
From the NORTH: Take I-95 South to Exit 58. Turn right onto Route 77
(Church Street). Turn left into the driveway of the Emergency Services building.
The Fire Department is located behind the Emergency Services building.
From the SOUTH: Take I-95 North to Exit 58. Turn left onto Route 77
(Church Street). Turn left into the driveway of the Emergency Services building.
The Fire Department is located behind the Emergency Services building.
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