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Enclosed and Confined Spaces (ECS)

Enclosed and Confined Spaces (ECS). Overview. Level One Awareness Level Training Level Two Entrant Level Training Level Three Supervisor Training. Overview. Level One Training How to recognize confined spaces. What are the dangers of confined spaces. How To Recognize an ECS.

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Enclosed and Confined Spaces (ECS)

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  1. Enclosed and Confined Spaces (ECS)

  2. Overview • Level One • Awareness Level Training • Level Two • Entrant Level Training • Level Three • Supervisor Training

  3. Overview • Level One Training • How to recognize confined spaces. • What are the dangers of confined spaces.

  4. How To Recognize an ECS • What exactly is an enclosed or confined space (ECS) • “Confined space” means a space that: • Is large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter and perform assigned work and; • Has limited or restricted means for entry or exit (for example, tanks, vessels, silos, hoppers) and; • Is not designed for continuous human occupancy.

  5. How To Recognize an ECS

  6. How To Recognize an ECS

  7. How To Recognize an ECS

  8. The Dangers of Confined Spaces • Spaces that; • Contain or have the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere. • Contains material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant. • Has an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a floor which slopes downward and tapers to a narrower cross-section. • Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard.

  9. Exercise • You are a utility worker and have been assigned to remove sludge from this equipment;

  10. Exercise

  11. Exercise • Answer the following; • Is this a confined or enclosed space? • What characteristics make it a confined or enclosed space? • What are the recognizable hazards? • Are there any potential hazards?

  12. Exercise • Answer the following; • What would you do to ensure you are safe while working in this equipment?

  13. The Facts • Enclosed and confined spaces can be very dangerous. • Not all hazards easily recognized. • Untrained personnel should never enter these spaces. • You have entered a space when any part of your body crosses the plane of the opening.

  14. Stay Out And Stay Alive ECS Awareness Level Training

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