Confined Spaces - Making Confined Spaces Safe [May 2010]
From a health and safety point of view, work in confined spaces is regarded as being particularly hazardous and must be strictly controlled in order to minimise risk. However, if risk is to be adequately controlled it is first necessary to set down a definition of the term ‘confined space’ that can be used to identify the tasks involved in this style of working.
Other articles you will find in the same issue include:
Air Quality
Noise Monitoring - Preventing the sad slip into silence
Proper Glove Use
Safety Footwear: A Step in the Right Direction
Saving Your Skin - Choosing the Right Garment for the Hazard, Showers and Eyebaths
Training
Working At Height
As well as information about the following new Regulations
