Confined space entry – stay safe with planning, monitoring and protection
—Dräger offers solutions and support for working in confined spaces. Guidance for confined space entry risk assessments helps prepare you with the procedures, permits to work and equipment necessary for confined space safety. Our experts offer professional tips and practical confined space training to help you follow correct procedures for working in confined spaces – or calmly deal with confined space rescue scenarios. Products, such as confined space monitoring equipment – including reliable confined space gas detectors and confined space entry equipment for personal protection – help provide confidence and security for site managers and plant workers alike.
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How to prevent confined space accidents?
Understanding and mastering the risks involved makes working in confined space a safe job. This is the best way to avoid accidents and even death.
When is the air clean in confined space?
Providing you with in-depth expert knowledge required for secure clearance measurements in confined spaces.
Enhance your permit-to-work systems with smart safety solutions
Our Smart Safety solution, CSE Connect, cloud services simplify permit-to-work processess and helps you improve frontline operational safety and efficiency.
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Accidents in confined spaces – why do they happen?
A confined space is among the potentially most dangerous workplaces and confined space entry presents many challenges. Despite high safety precautions, too many accidents still happen worldwide, such as predominantly asphyxiation, exposure to hazardous substances or traumatic injuries to name just a few. Thus, when working in confined spaces, safety always comes first. Regarding the questions as to what causes an accident, there is more than one answer to that.
Expert tips for a safe confined space entry
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What exactly is a confined space or container?
Why are confinded spaces or containers so dangerous?
What is often done incorrectly in critical situations?
What are the typical mistakes made in CSE deployments?
What categorises good CSE training
Risk assessment – manage hazards, risks and potential dangers
Risk or hazard – what’s the difference? What does a confined space risk assessment involve? A risk evaluation matrix helps you assess the challenges of confined space entry. Determine what confined space equipment is needed for the detection of any hazardous substances present and how to implement a safe system of work when working in confined spaces.
Risk Assessment Matrix
A matrix is a helpful instrument for risk assessment. It facilitates the systematic naming and evaluation of dangers and risks. Our example shows you how this might look.
Danger or risk: what is the difference?
When addressing workplace safety hazards it seems necessary to draw a distinction between “danger” and “risk”.
“Dangers” are all aspects and framework conditions that could have a threatening influence on people, the environment, and plant safety with regard to a specific work situation. Such as entering a confined space.
“Risks” are understood by workplace safety experts as the evaluation of the probability that this danger will occur in this exact situation and describes the specific potential of a hazard.
Permits to Work for confined space entry
Obtain vital facts about confined spaces before entry. Take the right precautions by obtaining an entry permit as a vital part of a “safe system of work”. Find out which standards and regulations are in place for working in confined spaces. Plan ahead with the right documentation and PPE for safe and efficient CSE.
Work permit sample
What are the most important aspects of a clearance measurement job? Which facts have to be checked? Our sample CSE work permit can make your job a lot easier.
Clearance measurement of confined spaces – a job for experts
Standard confined space safety precautions like clearance measurements must be followed prior to entry into these potentially hazardous work environments. The atmosphere must be measured and monitored for hazardous substances with a dedicated confined space gas detector. Comprehensive knowledge and practical skills are necessary to ensure safety for workers.
Dräger helps you to bring clearance measurement to the next level
Innovative CSE gas detectors and software solutions interface seamlessly with one another.
Dräger X-zone 5500
X-pid 9500 / X-pid 9500+
Dräger X-am 5600
Portable gas detector for keeping workers safe
Many hazards cannot be detected by human senses: toxic gases, oxygen deficiency, combustible gases and vapours. Portable gas detectors alert a worker early and increase occupational safety.
PPE – select and use protective equipment
Personal protective equipment is necessary for the safety of all personnel working in confined spaces. What PPE is mandatory for different confined space hazards? What gear or confined space entry equipment comfortably guards you from exposure to hazmats during maintenance work? How to choose the right PPE?
Working safely in confined spaces: Infographic
How to choose the most suitable protection equipment for maintenance and inspection works in confined spaces.
Confined space safety equipment
Get the information you need for choosing what’s best by downloading our guides.
Selecting Chemical Protection Suits
10 things you need to know about chemical protection suits.
More strength in the tank
Tank cleaning – a case study for PPE selection.
Respiratory Protective Equipment
Where toxic substances can’t be completely controlled, respiratory protection must be used.
Hazmat Suits
Working with hazardous materials requires high standards in body protection.
Air Line Systems
A compressed-air delivery hose can supply necessary breathing air from the outside.
Confined space rescue – keep professionals equipped and briefed
A confined space rescue mission should only be carried out by trained professionals with first-hand experience to ensure confined space safety for all. A specific and well-established rescue plan should be in place for a confined space rescue. Technical equipment, as well as organisational and personalised measures, are the keys to success for potential escape and rescue situations.
Developing a specific rescue approach
Here’s how you can greatly reduce potential danger by putting professional and proven rescue approaches in place.
Confined space safety training
—When it comes to staying safe on the job, nothing can prepare you better than Dräger’s proven and comprehensive CSE training courses.
Get in touch with Dräger
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