Job Assignments and Rescue Duties
QUESTION: Should industrial rescue team members be informed of any scheduled confined space entries at the beginning of their shift?
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Is Your Competent Person a “Trench” Competent Person?
One of OSHA’s Agency Priority Goals is to reduce trenching and excavation hazards. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, excavation and trench-related fatalities in 2016 were nearly double the average of the previous five years. OSHA’s goal is to increase awareness of trenching hazards in construction, educate employers and workers on safe cave-in prevention solutions,...
Changes to NFPA 1006 That May Affect Your Operations and Training
Now that NFPA 1006 Standard for Technical Rescue Personnel Professional Qualifications (2017 edition) has been in place for a while, it’s a good time to revisit the changes that have been made. While we won’t go into every single change from the previous 2013 edition, we will cover some of the more significant ones –...
Why is LOTO So Important?
Foundry Fined for Confined Space Amputation Accident Los Angeles – Cal/OSHA has cited a local foundry $283,390 for workplace safety and health violations following a confined space accident that resulted in the amputation of an employee’s legs. Cal/OSHA had cited the foundry for similar violations eight years ago. Two workers were cleaning and unjamming a...
New Pocket Guide from Roco
Newly revised and updated with 82-pages of color drawings and detailed illustrations, Roco’s new Pocket Guide features techniques taught in our rescue classes. Made from synthetic paper that is impervious to moisture makes this pocket-sized guide the perfect reference during training or on the scene.
Another Preventable Confined Space Fatality
Comments by Dennis O’Connell, Roco Director of Training & Chief Instructor
Manslaughter Charges Filed in Trench Death
Second-degree manslaughter charges have been filed against the owner of a Seattle construction company resulting from a 2016 trench fatality. This marks the first time a workplace fatality in Washington state has prompted a felony charge, according to the Washington Department of Labor & Industries.
Rescue Challenge 2017-Why you should have sent a team!
Roco Rescue Challenge 2017 was held at our Confined Space and High Angle Training Facility (RTC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on October 11 & 12. This year we had teams representing Petro-Chemical, Paper Mills, Fertilizer Manufacturing and Municipal Rescuers. The two-day event included performing rescues from all six (6) confined space types based on OSHA-defined criteria....
Roco Training in North Dakota
Click on the picture below as Roco Chief Instructor Brad Warr discusses recent training at the North Dakota Safety Council’s new confined space rescue training prop.
Do’s & Don’ts for CS Attendants (Hole Watch)
There continues to be a misconception that a confined space attendant (or “hole watch”) is a menial task to be assigned to the greenest, most inexperienced personnel on the job. That’s a dangerous assumption, and it has been a contributing factor in many confined space fatalities.
