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HSE’s risk management website will help you further (see Further guidance). You
may need to appoint competent people to help manage the risks and make sure
that employees are adequately trained and instructed (under the Management of
Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 7). Of course, you may be
the best person to do this, however, you may need to train someone else or
engage the services of a competent person for additional help.
If your assessment identifies risks of serious injury from work in confined spaces,
such as the dangers highlighted above, the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997
apply. These regulations contain the following key duties: Avoid entering confined spaces
You need to check if the work can be done another way to avoid entry or work in
confined spaces. Better work-planning or a different approach can reduce the need
for confined space working. Safe systems of work
If you cannot avoid entry into a confined space, make sure you have a safe system
for working inside the space.
Use the results of your risk assessment to help identify the precautions you need to
take to reduce the risk of injury. These will depend on the nature of the confined
space, the associated risk and the work involved.
Make sure that the safe system of work, including the precautions identified, is
developed and put into practice. Everyone involved will need to be properly trained
and instructed to make sure they know what to do and how to do it safely.
The following checklist is not intended to be exhaustive, but includes many of the
essential elements to help prepare a safe system of work.
Appointment of a supervisor
Supervisors should be given responsibility to make sure that the necessary
precautions are taken, to check safety at each stage and may need to remain
present while work is underway.Are people suitable for the work?
Do they have sufficient experience of the type of work to be carried out, and what
training have they received? Where risk assessment highlights exceptional
constraints as a result of the physical layout, are individuals of suitable build?
The competent person may need to consider other factors, eg concerning
claustrophobia or fitness to wear breathing apparatus, and may need to seek
medical advice on an individual’s suitability.
Isolation
Mechanical and electrical isolation of equipment is essential if it could otherwise
operate, or be operated, inadvertently. If gas, fume or vapour could enter the
confined space, you need to isolate the pipework. In all cases, a check should be
made to ensure isolation is effective.
Cleaning before entry
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