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2. Confined space - Wikipedia

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   That changed due to a new confined space regulation for construction. Confined spaces that present special hazards to workers, including risks of toxic or asphyxiant gas accumulation, fires, falls, flooding, and entrapment may be classified as permit-required confined spaces depending on the nature and severity of the hazard.

3. Xcel Energy Cabin Creek fire - Wikipedia

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   Internal Xcel documents show that the penstock was a permit-required confined space work area. This would have required a costly set of safety mechanisms to be put in place, including work environment monitoring, specialized rescue team on site, and rigorous control of flammable substances. Neither Xcel nor RPI actually treated the work site as ...

4. Permit-to-work - Wikipedia

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   Permit-to-work adherence is essential in process safety management. Examples of high-risk jobs where a written permit-to-work procedure may need to be used include hot work (such as welding), confined space entry , cutting into pipes carrying hazardous substances (breaking containment), diving in the vicinity of intake openings, and work that ...

5. Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Wikipedia

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   Examples of OSHA standards include requirements for employers to provide fall protection such as a safety harness/line or guardrails; prevent trenching cave-ins; prevent exposure to some infectious diseases; ensure the safety of workers who enter confined spaces; prevent exposure to harmful chemicals; put guards on dangerous machines; provide ...

6. Dust explosion - Wikipedia

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   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

7. Process Safety Management (OSHA regulation) - Wikipedia

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   Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals is a regulation promulgated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). [1] It defines and regulates a process safety management (PSM) program for plants using, storing, manufacturing, handling or carrying out on-site movement of hazardous materials above defined amount thresholds.

8. Confined space rescue - Wikipedia

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   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.

9. Glossary of firefighting - Wikipedia

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   Confined space: Usually refers to a "confined space rescue." This involves a space that may have very limited access, little or no room to maneuver, poor air or light, and very likely other hazards. A trench cave-in, a collapsed building, a sewer or utility vault rescue, or a problem in and around industrial equipment are some examples.