IS THIS A CONFINED SPACE? | Identifying Confined Spaces

Hey, thanks for watching! In this video, we dig into identifying confined spaces and make the process simple. Thanks for watching! I look forward to your comments.

One could debate whether a crawl space under a house could potentially be considered a confined space depending on the situation. For example particularly with older houses, the access opening is often smaller than what you see on newer homes. And a crawlspace under an older home may contain numerous hazards including but not limited to, sharp discarded objects, spilled chemicals, lead/asbestos, damaged drain pipes leaking sewer gas, poor lighting, energized knob and tube wiring with missing insulation or open junction boxes with exposed wire splices and unsecured wiring and plumbing.

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For someone that works in the healthcare industry, I am so thankful for this video. We just never know what sort of situation we will get to on the next day. Having to reach in to storage, reach into a closet, now I know what a confined space really is.

Great video for awareness!. Keep in mind Osha considers entry as any part of the entrants body breaks the plane of an opening into the space (1910 Subpart J) . I don't recommend assessing one based on if your entire body can enter or not. As long as any part of the body breaks the plane and the job can be performed, it is one (considering that it meets the other 2 criteria). Then we get into the permit vs non permit required CS determination

Great video. I was researching confined space isolation methods and ran across this video. I believe the intent was to help folks understand the basic definition of a CS, not teach every aspect. Easy to understand messaging is what employees need, not technical knowledge. Thanks for the FREE video... cheers!

thanks for the sharing, and thanks for the effort to make the requirements easy to understand

A friend of mine is an engineer and works in confined spaces all the time. I know that he had confined space training for several months and that he needs to follow strict procedures. It's nice to see that in that kind of jobs are heavily monitored when it comes to safety! Your video is very informative. Thank you!

EXCELLENT EXPLANATION ... Appreciated

👍really helpful and easily understood, thank you

Thank you for your show video of confine word

Another great safety video

When discussing the first two criteria, I tell people "if you can fit all the way in but you can't run all the way out, it's probably a confined space." "Can I run away if something goes wrong?" is a helpful question to tell what OSHA might consider restricted entry/egress. For example, someone who spends all day climbing ladders might not normally think of ladders as making entry/exit difficult, even though OSHA does. If access is unrestricted, you can run through it: normal doorways, stairs in good repair, ramps, large open holes, etc. But if you have to climb over a threshold, use a ladder, stoop through a low door, squeeze through a narrow opening, navigate uneven or slippery surfaces, and so on running away is not an option... which makes it confined!

People commenting need to take a full day confined space course before they comment. Absolutely scary how misinformed workers and employers are.

Thank you for making this video

Excellent job 👏

Well explained ma'am ...👏👏👏

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