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In 2000, a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-initiated inspection of the penstock (a long, sloping tunnel and confined space running nearly 3/4 of a mile) found that the epoxy lining on the interior of the pipes was deteriorating. This was leading to damage of the pipes themselves and Xcel was mandated to repair the epoxy to limit further ...
A blast injury is a complex type of physical trauma resulting from direct or indirect exposure to an explosion. [1] Blast injuries occur with the detonation of high-order explosives as well as the deflagration of low order explosives. These injuries are compounded when the explosion occurs in a confined space.
Confined space training outlines the skills and protocols for safe entry to confined spaces, and includes precautions such as locking and tagging out connecting piping, testing of breathable air quality, forced ventilation, observation of workers in the space, and a predetermined rescue plan with appropriate safety harnesses and other rescue ...
Confined space rescue is a subset of technical rescue operations that involves the rescue and recovery of victims trapped in a confined space or in a place only accessible through confined spaces, such as underground vaults, storage silos, storage tanks, or sewers. A warning label on a storage tank, indicating that it is a confined space.
Diagram showing the five requirements for a dust explosion. There are five necessary conditions for a dust explosion: [3] A combustible dust; The dust is dispersed in the air within certain flammability limits; There is an oxidant (typically atmospheric oxygen) There is an ignition source; The area is confined – a building can be an enclosure
The backblast area is dangerous to ground personnel, [2] who may be burned by the gases or exposed to overpressure caused by the explosion. [3] In confined spaces, common in urban warfare , even the operators themselves may be at risk due to deflection of backblast by walls or sturdier civilian vehicles behind them.
Sixteen members of the Orange County Sheriff's Department SWAT team were injured Wednesday afternoon in an explosion at an FBI training facility in Irvine.
The phrase appears in this sense in American state mining regulations, [2] [3] in military and corporate procedures, [4] [5] and in various mining and military blasting-related print books and narratives, [6] [better source needed] e.g. during bomb disposal or throwing grenades into a confined space.