Confined space - Articles - Page 16

Capital Safety opens new California training center

Center offers fall safety and confined space rescue training

August 14, 2014

Capital Safety, home of the DBI-SALA® and PROTECTA® brands, announced today it has opened a new training center in Tustin, California, one of 20 state-of-the-art training centers Capital Safety now offers worldwide, in addition to on-site training and online training tools and services.

Air Systems International, Inc. releases 2014-2015 Master Catalog

July 31, 2014

Air Systems International Inc. introduces its new 2014-2015 Master Catalog in print and digital forms.

Air Systems International, Inc. Releases 2014-2015 Master Catalog

July 18, 2014

Air Systems International Inc. introduces its new 2014-2015 Master Catalog in print and digital forms. The Catalog features Air Systems’ most popular items, including the Breather Box™, the Auto-Air Breather Box™, the Saddle Vent® Confined Space Ventilation Kits, the AIR-KADDY™ SCBA Storage Racks, UNI-PAK™ and PORTA-PAK™ SCBA Cylinder Systems, Ergo-Air® Carts , MULTI-PAK™ Cylinder Carts, MACK™ Multi Air Command Kits, Air-Light™, Air Light-II™, and Mini-Cube™ Portable Area Lighting Systems, and the Fume-Air™ Portable Fume Extractors.

Protect oil & gas workers from noise, confined spaces, respiratory & fall risks

Maureen Brady

July 9, 2014

From 2003 to 2010, 823 oil and gas extraction workers were killed on the job — a fatality rate seven times greater than the rate for all U.S. industries

No cushy job: Confined space attendants play a crucial role

Pat Furr

July 1, 2014

Have you ever wondered who that person is who hovers around the portal of a permit space while workers are in the space?

Remove "hole watch" headaches

Technology eases confined space compliance

Doug Herman Sebastian Pohl

April 1, 2014

A hole-watch person attending a permit-required confined space is not only critical for the safety process of any entry, it is an OSHA requirement.

Fla. worker trapped in hot liquid asphalt

Rescue took eight hours

April 1, 2014

A Florida construction company employee suffered severe burns to his legs and feet after becoming tripped in hot liquid asphalt – an incident which earned his company OSHA citations for ten serious safety and health violations. Proposed penalties are $63,360.

Despite OSHA citations and a formal agreement, La. co. continues to jeopardize workers

U.S. Minerals cited for confined space, LOTO hazards

March 26, 2014

OSHA has cited U.S. Minerals LLC with 11 safety and health violations following a September 2013 inspection at the company’s Harvey, La. facility – but that wasn’t the agency’s first visit to one of the company’s facilities.

Prepare for all confined space rescue scenarios

Pat Furr

March 4, 2014

It’s a Saturday night December 21st and the plant is running on a skeleton crew. Operations decides to get a head start on annual preventative maintenance by knocking out several permit required confined space entries before the majority of the work is to be done when the regular shifts return after the New Year.

Worker in N.Y. fatally burned in confined space accident

No gas detection measures in place, inadequate ventilation

February 17, 2014

Serious workplace safety violations were found in connection with a September 2013 explosion that killed one worker and injured another at Canastota Wastewater Treatment plant in New York, according to OSHA.