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2. Confined space - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Immediately dangerous to life or health - Wikipedia

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   Examples include high altitudes and unventilated, confined spaces. The OSHA definition is arguably broad enough to include oxygen-deficient circumstances in the absence of "airborne contaminants", as well as many other chemical, thermal, or pneumatic hazards to life or health (e.g., pure helium, super-cooled or super-heated air, hyperbaric or ...

4. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation - Wikipedia

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   Tracking all work-related acute trauma fatalities. Conducting investigations of a select number of these incidents. Distributing information for the prevention of future fatal injuries. The FACE Program is funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health or NIOSH which is a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and ...

5. Accident triangle - Wikipedia

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   A 1991 study showed that in confined spaces the relationship was significantly different: 1.2 minor injuries for each serious injury or death. [7] A broad study of UK accident data in the mid-1990s showed a relationship of 1 fatality to 207 major injuries, to 1,402 injuries causing three or more days lost time injuries, to 2,754 minor injuries. [8]

6. Physical hazard - Wikipedia

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   Hazards like entrapment and drowning to asphyxiation and toxic chemical exposure results in the deaths and injuries that occur in these confined spaces. [16] Physical and atmospheric hazards due to confined spaces can be avoided by addressing and recognizing these hazards before entering in the confined spaces to perform work. [17]

7. 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.