Welding Tips and Tricks

Hi everyone,


I just wanted to introduce my Confined Space Rescue company, Rescue2.

We offer a fully interactive confined space safety and rescue provision throughout the UK, and have worked with welding companies in the past, hence why I'm posting this here.

http://www.rescue2.co.uk

Welcome.

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I do many confined space entries in my job, where an actual rescue would be a major challenge. The actual physical hazards are quite low, but should I become incapacitated by the unforseen, such as a heart attack or stroke, or a slip/fall resulting in injury, the actual rescue would be a major ordeal.

I may be one of a very few here where confined space entries are a concern, or perhaps there are more than I know as much of our membership simply observes and reads, but I'll happily discuss them.

Steve S

Otto Nobedder wrote: I do many confined space entries in my job, where an actual rescue would be a major challenge. The actual physical hazards are quite low, but should I become incapacitated by the unforseen, such as a heart attack or stroke, or a slip/fall resulting in injury, the actual rescue would be a major ordeal.

I may be one of a very few here where confined space entries are a concern, or perhaps there are more than I know as much of our membership simply observes and reads, but I'll happily discuss them.

Steve S

Welcome to the Forum!
While I do not get into the true "confined spaces" that Steve does, I do build tanks that would be extremely hard to get a individual out of if there were a incident. Much of what we do is in the drilling industry and we build a drill fluid cleaning system that, when complete, would be nearly impossible to get someone out of, much like the limited access on the tanks Steve works on.
On one half of the unit, while it is being built, there is a 3' square access hole to get in and out of, but when that is sealed up your options are out the top, which is 8'-6" tall, or being able to remove all the bolts from access port. When the unit is full or water/mud your only choice would be out the top. However one should never be in the tank with fluid in the first place and the chances of falling though the one access hole up to is slim.
In a past life I used to build tanks that would require welding inside and painting inside. One vessel I worked on required a fresh air supply while inside the unit. I would say that was the most nervous I have been inside of a tank. Right, wrong or indifferent we hooked my harness to the crane in case I were to pass out (NOTE: I know this is against OSHA regulations but this was a long time ago and there was only room for one person inside anyway)
I would like to willing to discuss this topic further if you start a thread in the General section.
-Jonathan

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