什么是密闭空间?
根据29 CFR 1910.146,一个密闭空间的特征是同时存在三个条件:
- 它必须足够大,如此配置,它是可能的一个人的身体进入和执行工作
- (四)进出境工具有限
- 它不是为员工持续居住而设计的
密闭空间包括铁路罐车、下水道、锅炉、露天坑、飞机机翼油箱、储油罐、拱顶、人孔、电梯坑和许多其他常见的工作环境。
然而,仅仅因为一个空间满足基本的受限空间定义,并不会自动触发任何特殊的工作场所程序,超出在任何其他非受限空间环境中进行类似活动的程序。从定义上讲,不允许进入的密闭空间与任何其他严重的安全隐患无关密闭空间:需要了解的标准和指南).
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Bob Henderson是密歇根州安阿伯市GfG Instrumentation, Inc.的总裁。Robert has been a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association since 1992. He is an active member of the AIHA Real Time Detection Systems Technical Committee, and the AIHA Confined Spaces Committee. He is also a past chair of the Instrument Products Group of the International Safety Equipment Association. Robert has over 37 years of experience in the design, sale and marketing of atmospheric monitoring instruments used in confined space, industrial safety, and industrial hygiene monitoring applications.