Confined Space Entry and Emergency Response

EVERY SECOND COUNTS WHEN YOU'RE RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY INVOLVINGCONFINED SPACE-HERE'S THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO PERFORMING FLAWLESS RESCUES! Confined Space Entry and Emergency Response utilizes a realistic, scenario-based approach to teach you-and your staff-the right way to respond to an incident involving a confined space. The authors provide 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. You'll find expert, detailed coverage of complex-and often confusing-topics such as: * 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 The CD-ROM includes the Instructor's Guide along with lesson plans and useful practice tools such as worksheets, exercise handouts, performance checklists, diagrams and equipment lists for field exercises, instructions for building field training simulators, and guidelines for identifying rescue trainers and evaluating their competency as well as that of outside rescue teams. Everything you need to effectively train those working in a confined space can truly be found within these pages and on the CD-ROM.

EVERY SECOND COUNTS WHEN YOU'RE RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCYINVOLVINGCONFINED SPACE-HERE'S THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO PERFORMINGFLAWLESS RESCUES!Confined Space Entry and Emergency Response utilizes a realisticscenario-based approach to teach you-and your staff-the right wayto respond to an incident involving a confined space. The authorsprovide intensive, step-by-step guidance through the challengingmaze of training regulations, equipment needs, and procedures tokeep your response team finely tuned and ready to go under anyconditions.You'll find expert, detailed coverage of complex-and oftenconfusing-topics such as:* 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 riggingThe CD-ROM includes the Instructor's Guide along with lesson plansand useful practice tools such as worksheets, exercise handoutsperformance checklists, diagrams and equipment lists for fieldexercises, instructions for building field training simulators, andguidelines for identifying rescue trainers and evaluating theircompetency as well as that of outside rescue teams.Everything you need to effectively train those working in aconfined space can truly be found within these pages and on theCD-ROM.

Preface xviiAcknowledgements xxiPart I Basic Confined SpaceChapter 1. Introduction to Confined Spaces 3Chapter 2. Regulatory and Administrative Aspects of confined Space Entry and Rescue 11Chapter 3. Identifying Confined Space Hazards 29Chapter 4. Air Monitoring in Confined Spaces 55Chapter 5. The Entry Permit 79Part II Protective MeasuresChapter 6. Controlling Confined Space Hazards 91Chapter 7. Respiration Protection 119Chapter 8. Chemical Protective Clothing 147Chapter 9. Personal Safety Equipment 163Chapter 10. Safe Use of Personal Protective Equipment 179Part III Equipment and EntryChapter 11. Ropes, Webbing, Harnesses and Hardware 191Chapter 12. Tying Knots 247Chapter 13. Rigging and Using Basic Systems for Confined Space Operations 265Chapter 14. Making Entry Safely 323Part IV RescueChapter 15. Overview of Confined Space Rescue 343Chapter 16. Rescue Team Organization and Management 363Chapter 17. Rigging and Using Rescue Systems 375Chapter 18. Packaging and Transferring Patients for Confined Space Rescue 413Appendix I. Permit-Required Confined Space Decision Flowchart 459Appendix II. Examples of Permit-Required Confined Space Programs 461Appendix III. Rescue Team or Rescue Service Evaluation Criteria 467References 471Index 473