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  2. Confined space - Wikipedia

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    A confined space is a space with limited entry and egress and not suitable for human inhabitants. Alternative names for a confined space are enclosed space and dangerous space. [1] An example is the interior of a storage tank, occasionally entered by maintenance workers but not intended for human occupancy.

  3. 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.

  4. Physical hazard - Wikipedia

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    Confined spaces can pose a hazard not just to workers, but also to people who try to rescue them. In 2015, around 136 U.S. workers died in fatalities related to confined spaces according to the data collected in response to the annual Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. [16]

  5. Inerting system - Wikipedia

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    An inerting system decreases the probability of combustion of flammable materials stored in a confined space. The most common such system is a fuel tank containing a combustible liquid, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, jet fuel, or rocket propellant.

  6. Asphyxiant gas - Wikipedia

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    Confined spaces, combined with accidental gas leaks, such as mines, [1] submarines, [2] [3] refrigerators, [4] or other confined spaces [5] Fire extinguisher systems that flood spaces with inert gases , such as computer data centers and sealed vaults [ 4 ]

  7. Passengers duct tape man who allegedly tried to open door ...

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    A group of passengers sprung into action and stopped a man who allegedly tried to open the cabin door mid-flight during a trip to Dallas Tuesday morning by restraining him with duct tape ...

  8. Special operations firefighter - Wikipedia

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    They are special operations firefighters who respond to fires but are also called in for high angle, collapse, confined space, subway, and hazardous material emergencies. [10] Another example is the McKinney Fire Department's TIFMAS squad. They are special operations firefighters that serve as wildland firefighters and as a disaster response ...

  9. Pregnant Indiana Woman, 25, Has Been Missing for More Than a ...

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    More than a month after Emma Baum went missing, her family is still looking for answers. The 25-year-old woman was last seen on Oct. 10 in Gary, Indiana, on 25th Avenue and Connecticut Street, ABC ...