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Workshop:
Confined Space Entry
April 3, 2008
Lincoln Center, 494 Main Street, Manchester, CT
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM, Registration 8:30 AM
This seminar is open to CIRMA members only and is free of charge.
SUMMARY
This course prepares participants for proper confined space
entry. It teaches the associated responsibilities as well as
procedures to be followed by authorized entrants, attendants,
and entry supervisors.
| OSHA Compliance Series
Confined Space Entry Workshop is one of many
informative workshops in CIRMA's OSHA Compliance
series. This workshop is free to CIRMA members.
For more information about CIRMA workshops, please
email CIRMA at cirmaworkshop@ccm-ct.org.
"About 65 occupational fatalities per year in the
United States are caused by unsafe entry into a
confined space. Most of these deaths (over 80%)
are considered preventable."
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Many workplaces contain spaces that OSHA considers "confined"
because their dimensions hinder movement of employees who
must enter and work in them. Those who enter confined spaces
risk entrapment and suffocation, or, in some cases, exposure to
toxic gases, explosions, or moving machinery. If an accident
occurs, the responding fire, EMT, or police personnel face the
same dangers.
Public entities are required to provide training so that their
employees who work in a confined space have the knowledge
and skills they need to safely perform their jobs.
You will learn:
- The difference between "non-permit required" and
"permit-required" confined spaces, as defined by OSHA.
- Entry hazards, including information on mode, signs and
symptoms, and consequences of exposure.
- Equipment used for confined space entry, including PPE,
ventilation devices, and atmospheric testing devices.
- Entry procedures for both types of spaces, including duties
for authorized entrants, attendants, and entry supervisors.
- Proper use of equipment, and conditions and procedures to
be used during emergencies by authorized entrants.
- How attendants should monitor conditions of the space,
what conditions require evacuation, rescue services, and
how to perform non-entry rescues.
- Testing and monitoring requirements, acceptable conditions
for entry, proper permitting and entry procedures to be
followed by entry supervisors.
This workshop will teach you how to identify a confined space,
and to distinguish between those that are "permit-required"
and "non-permit required." It teaches the proper labeling for
confined spaces; how to complete a confined space entry and a
hot-work permit.
NOTE: Certificates of attendance will be issued to all
attendees.
AUDIENCE
- Risk Managers and Safety Directors
- Police Officers, Firefighters, and EMTs
- Public Works Supervisors and Employees
- Maintenance Personnel
SPEAKERS
Catherine Zinsser
Occupational Safety Training Specialist, CONN-OSHA
Mrs. Zinsser has been with Connecticut OSHA for three
years. She has a Bachelors of Science in Industrial Hygiene
from Quinnipiac University. Mrs. Zinsser has been in the
safety and environmental consulting field for several years
and as a CONN-OSHA Training Specialist, Mrs. Zinsser has
responsibility for CONN-OSHA training activities.
WHERE
LINCOLN CENTER
494 Main Street
Manchester
Connecticut 06040
COST per attendee
This seminar is open to CIRMA members only and is free of charge.
DIRECTIONS
From HARTFORD and POINTS WEST:
Take I-84 East to I-384 East (Exit 59). Continue on I-384 East to Exit 3
(Manchester/ Glastonbury, Route 83). At end of exit ramp, turn right
onto Main Street. Continue straight (North) for approximately one
mile to the intersection of Main and Center Streets. Turn left (West)
at intersection for approximately 400 feet.
Turn right between Town Hall and the Fire Station. Drive through the
parking lot behind the Congregational Church to the Lincoln Center.
Lincoln Center is the brick building behind and to the right of the
Church.
From NEW HAVEN and POINTS SOUTH:
Take I-91 North to I-84 East, then follow directions above.
From POINTS EAST:
Take 84 West to 384 West. Take Exit 3. Follow Main Street to the
intersection of Main Street and Center Street. Take a left onto Center
Street, and a right into the driveway (in between the Firehouse and
the Town Hall).
Drive through the parking lot behind the Congregational Church to
the Lincoln Center. Lincoln Center is the brick building behind and
to the right of the Church.
NOTE: There is limited parking at the Lincoln Center building.
You may need to park behind Town Hall and follow the sidewalk
to the Lincoln Center. The workshop will be in the Hearing Room
on the first floor.
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