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Title: PermitRequired Confined Space Rescue


1
Permit-Required Confined Space Rescue
  • For Supervisors

Image Credit Danville, VA Fire Dept.
2
Session Objectives
  • You will be able to
  • Recognize confined space hazards
  • Plan for rescues
  • Evaluate rescue services
  • Differentiate among types of rescues
  • Train and equip a rescue team
  • Identify the phases of a rescue operation

3
What You Need to Know
  • OSHA rescue requirements
  • Why rescues may be necessary
  • How to prevent rescue fatalities
  • How to plan for successful rescues
  • How to develop and manage a rescue team
  • How to conduct an effective rescue operation

4
OSHA Rescue Requirements
  • If your employees perform rescue duties, you
    must
  • Train them in rescue duties
  • Train them in CPR and first aid
  • Provide appropriate PPE
  • Provide necessary rescue equipment
  • Conduct practice drills at least annually

5
Confined Space Hazards
  • Hazardous atmospheres
  • Mechanical and electrical hazards
  • Falls
  • Thermal effects
  • Structural hazards
  • Engulfment

6
Facts About Rescues
  • More than 60 of fatalities occur among rescuers
  • Most failed rescues result from improper
    planning, inadequate training, and insufficient
    manpower
  • Atmospheric problems account for most confined
    space deaths
  • Inadequate recognition, evaluation, testing, and
    monitoring underlie most emergencies

7
Preventing Rescue Fatalities
  • Training entrants, attendants, and supervisors to
    recognize hazards and take proper precautions
  • Planning for rescues
  • Designating and training rescue team
  • Providing proper PPE and rescue equipment
  • Conducting simulations

Image Credit Catawba County NC Rescue
8
Elements of a Rescue Plan
  • Rescue procedures
  • Victim removal procedures and equipment
  • Required protective equipment
  • Communication and lighting methods
  • Emergency assessment methods
  • Hazard control methods
  • Control of secondary hazards
  • Availability of emergency vehicles and medically
    trained personnel

9
Reevaluating YourRescue Plan
  • Conditions within a space change
  • New hazards are discovered
  • Rescue personnel turnover
  • New equipment
  • Failure of real or simulated rescue
  • Inadequate performance by rescuers

10
Anatomy of a Rescue
  • Attendant realizes entrant in trouble
  • Attendant contacts rescue team
  • Rescue team arrives on the scene
  • Team assesses the situation
  • Team prepares to carry out rescue
  • Rescue

11
Standby or Available Rescue?
  • Depends on hazards
  • You need a standby team if
  • Atmosphere is or could become IDLH
  • Available rescue is acceptable if hazards are not
    life-threatening

12
Available Rescue
  • Fire department or contractor personnel need
  • To know the number, description, and location of
    each permit space
  • To know all known hazards associated with each
    space
  • Access to spaces to evaluate space, develop a
    rescue plan, and practice rescue operations

13
Evaluating Rescue Services
  • Initial evaluation
  • Response time?
  • Availability?
  • Training in rescue duties?
  • Equipment?
  • Medical skills?

14
Evaluating Rescue Services (cont.)
  • Performance evaluation
  • Entry training?
  • Symptoms of exposure?
  • Equipment?
  • Performance?
  • Safety information?
  • Rescue plan?

15
Planning for Rescue
  • Do you understand the information that has been
    presented so far?

16
Types of RescuesSelf-Rescue
  • Self-rescue is preferred option
  • Self-rescue is appropriate if entrant
  • Is conscious and alert
  • Can identify hazards
  • Can recognize symptoms of exposure
  • Is capable of functioning normally

17
Types of RescuesNonentry
  • Nonentry rescue is the next best choice
  • Nonentry rescue is appropriate if
  • Entrants are equipped with full-body harness and
    retrieval line
  • Retrieval line is attached to mechanical device
  • Attendant can confirm entrant can be moved safely
  • Retrieval line is clear

Image Credit OSHA
18
Types of RescuesEntry
  • Entry rescue is last resort
  • Entry rescue is required when
  • Victims are unconscious or seriously injured
  • Victims need immediate medical assistance
  • Configuration of space makes nonentry rescue
    impossible

Image Credit houstontx.gov
19
Rescue Training
  • Hazard recognition and control methods
  • Safe entry procedures
  • Use of testing and monitoring equipment
  • Use and maintenance of PPE and rescue equipment
  • First-aid and CPR certification
  • Annual simulations

20
PPE for Rescuer Team
  • Harness attached to retrieval line
  • Air-supplying respirator
  • Helmet
  • Gloves
  • Proper footwear
  • Jumpsuit
  • Air monitoring device

Image Credit Danville VA Fire Dept.
21
Rescue Equipment
  • Victim removal systems
  • Air supply for victims
  • Explosion-proof lighting and communication
    systems
  • Monitoring and ventilation equipment
  • Stretchers or other carrying devices

22
Rescues and Rescue Teams
  • Do you understand the information in the previous
    slides?

23
Rescue Operations Evaluating the Scene
  • Nature of hazards
  • Diagram of the space
  • Number and location of victims
  • Length of time victims exposed to hazard
  • Nature of injuries
  • Information about space and hazards

24
Rescue Operations Making the Scene Safe
  • Set up a perimeter
  • Perform testing
  • Provide ventilation
  • Lock out utilities to space
  • Ensure structural stability

25
Rescue Operations Entry
  • Communications
  • Lighting
  • Layout of space
  • Equipment

26
Rescue Operations Victim Assessment
  • Primary assessment
  • Breathing air
  • Secondary assessment
  • Treatment of serious injuries
  • Precautions for head, neck, or spine injuries

27
Rescue Operations Removal of Victim(s)
  • Packaging the victim
  • Securing the victim to the removal device
  • Getting the victim out of the space

28
Rescue Operations Transfer for Treatment
  • Transfer to treatment personnel
  • Examination of victim
  • Decontamination of victim

29
Rescue Operations Terminating the Operation
  • Accounting for rescue personnel
  • Removing tools and equipment
  • Decontamination of rescuers
  • Final testing of space
  • Team debriefing

30
Key Points to Remember
  • OSHA requires you to plan for confined space
    rescues
  • You must identify all the potential hazards of
    your confined spaces
  • You must make sure that the designated rescue
    team is properly trained and equipped to make
    successful rescues
  • Rescue teams must conduct practice drills at
    least once a year
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