Confined Space Entry and Emergency Response (PDF)

Preface. Acknowledgments. PART I: BASIC CONFINED SPACE. Chapter 1. Introduction to Confined Spaces. Chapter 2. Regulatory and Administrative Aspects of Confined Space Entry and Rescue. Chapter 3. Identifying Confined Space Hazards. Chapter 4. Air Monitoring in Confined Spaces. Chapter 5. The Entry Permit. PART II: PROTECTIVE MEASURES. Chapter 6. Controlling Confined Space Hazards. Chapter 7. Respiratory Protection. Chapter 8. Chemical Protective Clothing. Chapter 9. Personal Safety Equipment. Chapter 10. Safe Use of Personal Protective Equipment. PART III: EQUIPMENT AND ENTRY. Chapter 11. Ropes, Webbing, Harnesses, and Hardware. Chapter 12. Tying Knots. Chapter 13. Rigging and Using Basic Systems for Confined Space Operations. Chapter 14. Making Entry Safely. PART IV: RESCUE. Chapter 15. Overview of Confined Space Rescue. Chapter 16. Rescue Team Organization and Management. Chapter 17. Rigging and Using Rescue Systems. Chapter 18. Packaging and transferring Patients for Confined Space Rescue. Appendix I: Permit-Required Confined Space Decision Flowchart. Appendix II: Examples of Permit-Reqired Confined Space Programs. Appendix III: Rescue Team or Rescue Service Evaluation Criteria. References. Index.

About the Authors

This book was written by the staff of the Workplace Safety Training Program as a part of the Center for Labor Education and Research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The program is committed to advancing the health and safety of workers and emergency responders.

D. ALAN VEASEY is Director of the Workplace Safety Training Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a firefighter/EMT and a certified confined space and rope rescue technician. His specialty training areas are chemical safety, hazardous materials emergency response, and confined space entry and rescue.

LISA CRAFT MCCORMICK is the former curriculum coordinator for the Workplace Safety Training Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a confined space and rope rescue technician. Her speciality training areas include hazardous materials chemistry, hazardous materials emergency response, and confined space entry and rescue.

BARBARA M. HILYER was the former director of the Workplace Safety Training Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She was a leading authority on training techniques for effective safety and health training. Her specialty training areas included toxicology, hazard and risk assessment, and training methods.

KENNETH W. OLDFIELD is the Industrial Hygiene Services Manager at the Workplace Safety Training Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a certified industrial hygienist. His specialty training areas include computer applications, hazardous materials air monitoring, personal protective equipment, and respirator facepiece fit-testing.

SAM HANSEN is an instructor at the Workplace Safety Training Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He holds the rank of Battalion Chief in the fire service and is a certified confined space and rope rescue technician. His specialty training areas include hazardous materials emergency response, confined space entry and rescue, and

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