Not being able to rescue a worker from a confined space has a devastating impact on the company and, more importantly, the employees. With a focus on decreasing or minimizing injuries and fatalities, ...

Organizations should include rescue plans as part of a written confined space entry program. Each plan should be tailored for the type and configuration of the confined space. Employers shouldn’t ...

Consider this scenario: Your team is dispatched to a report of a victim trapped in a shaft–a confined space with a vertical component that will require additional personnel, equipment and skill sets.

Any safety regulation that comes with a built-in plan for executing a rescue from the environment being regulated, speaks volumes about the dangers of working in that environment! Regulations for ...

Don’t count on being rescued — by NASA or the Space Force, or even the company that built your private spaceship. At least not yet. As dozens more people travel to orbit for days and even weeks — and ...

Responding is Jim Hutter, senior training specialist, Capital Safety, Red Wing, MN. When it comes to worker rescue, there are two types: non-entry and industrial entry teams. In most cases, non-entry ...

We have all read articles or seen posts about questions regarding confined spaces, such as “What is a confined space?” or “What makes your confined space permit required?” You might have even been ...

Recently, media attention has focused on some confined-space rescue operations that went wrong. From May to September 2010, three high-profile confined-space rescues resulted in three deceased ...

On January 24, 2018, The Frisco (TX) Fire Department (FFD) Special Operations (Spec-Ops) Team responded to a confirmed confined space rescue in the city of Princeton, Texas, approximately 22 miles to ...