Complete Confined Spaces Handbook

by John F. Rekus

Overview

This book provides plant managers, supervisors, safety professionals, and industrial hygienists with recommended procedures and guidance for safe entry into confined spaces. It reviews selected case histories of confined space accidents, including multiple fatalities, and discusses how a confined space entry program could have prevented them. It outlines the requirements of the OSHA permit-entry confined space standard and provides detailed explanations of requirements for lockout/tagout, air sampling, ventilation, emergency planning, and employee training. The book is filled with more than 100 line drawings and more than 150 photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351459433
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	05/04/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	398
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

John F. Rekus

Table of Contents

CONTENTS: Introduction and Overview. Oxygen-Deficient and Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres. Flammable Atmospheres. Toxic Atmospheres. Physical Hazards. Entry Program Requirements. Lockout/Tagout. Ventilating Confined Spaces. Atmospheric Testing. Personal Protective Equipment. Respiratory Protection. Emergency Planning and Rescue. Entry and Hot Work Permits. Employee Training. Appendices: OSHA Standards. Sources of Help. Glossary of Confined Space Terms. Suppliers of Confined Space Related Products. Index.

Editorial Reviews

I predict that the Complete Confined Spaces Handbook will become the reference of choice in the field of confined spaces. While the book uses U.S. standards, the basic principles could easily be applied to other countries. This is an excellent reference book, college textbook, or field companion, and once you start reading, you may find it so interesting that you won’t be able to come up for air. Hopefully, you will read this book before you are required to investigate a confined space facility.
—Washington DC Review

Joy Erdman

"I like this book, and not just because it was written by an industrial hygienist. For the bibliophile, it presents an excellent balance between theory and practice, often missing in professional texts; for the busy program manager, it's loaded with resource listings; for the industrial hygienist/safety specialist, it's crammed with really good case histories; for the trainer, it has an excellent section on what it takes to teach the adult learner.
-AIHA Journal

"Whether you are a novice or an expert...feel competent in working in small spaces... an excellent reference book, college textbook, or field companion"
-Complete Confined Spaces Handbook

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