Confined Space/Fall Protection Equipment

Confined Space/Fall Protection Equipment

There are two different types of confined space:

Confined Space: Is large enough for an employee to enter fully and perform assigned work, is not designed for continuous occupancy by the employee and has a limited or restricted means of entry or exit.  These spaces may include underground vaults, tanks, storage bins, pits and diked areas, vessels, silos and other similar areas.

Permit-Required Confined Space: has one or more of the following: Contains or has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere, Contains a material with the potential to engulf someone who enters the space, and/or has an internal configuration that might cause an entrant to be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by floors that slopes downward and tapers to a smaller cross section; and/or contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard.

Classes available

Fall Protection: is necessary if you can fall more than 6 feet, you must be protected.

Use Fall Protection On: Walkways & ramps, open sides & edges, holes, concrete forms & rebar, excavations, roofs, wall openings, bricklaying, residential construction.

Protective measures include guardrails, covers, safety nets, and Personal Fall Arrest Systems.

Classes Available

 

Contact Tony Romano to inquire about classes or products.  tonyromano@susquehannafire.com

 

Complete & Economical, Miller DuraHoist Confined Space Systems provide safe, lightweight and portable solutions for a variety of confined space applications.


MSA confined space entry/retrieval systems are designed for fall arrest, lifting and lowering, rescue, and work positioning applications.


Mine Safety Appliances Company was founded in 1914 by two mining engineers who designed or improved safety, rescue and protective gear. MSA has continued to help protect people from hazards great and small throughout many industries worldwide.


Three key components of the Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS) must be in place and properly used to provide maximum worker Protection.


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