Confined Space

HOLE WATCH TRAINING

CONFINED SPACE

 ANY FULLY OR PARTLY

ENCLOSED SPACE WHICH:

 IS NOT A PLACE FOR CONTINUOUS

OCCUPANCY
 HAS A RESTRICTED MEANS OF ENTRY
AND EXIT
 MAY HAVE A DANGEROUS
ATMOSPHERE
Permit-Required Confined Space

 Contains or has the potential to contain a

hazardous atmosphere.
 Contains a material that has the potential
for engulfing an entrant.
 Has an internal configuration that might
cause an entrant to be trapped or
asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls
or by a floor that slopes downward and
tapers to a smaller cross section.
 Contains any other recognized serious
safety or health hazards.
FURNACE
FURNACE TOP LEVEL
FURNACE DOWN LEVEL
ENTRY POINT
FURNACE
MANHOLE
 INSIDE
FURNACE
 DUTIES
AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
ENTRY TEAM
 ENTRY SUPERVISOR
 Know space hazards
 Verify emergency plans and specified
entry conditions before allowing entry.
 Terminate entry and cancel permits when
entry operations are completed
 Take appropriate measures to remove
unauthorized entrants.
 Ensure that entry operations remain
consistent with the entry permit and that
acceptable entry conditions are
maintained.
 ENTRANT
 Know space hazards
 Use required personal protective equipment
properly
 Maintain communication with attendant
 Exit from permit space as soon as possible
− when ordered by an authorized person
− when the entrant recognizes the warning signs or
symptoms of exposure exist
− when a prohibited condition exist
− when an automatic alarm is activated.
 Alert the attendant when a prohibited
condition exists or when warning signs or
symptoms of exposure exist.
 HOLE WATCHER
 Remain outside permit space during entry
operations.
 Perform non-entry rescues.
 Know existing and potential hazards.
 Maintain communication with workers entering
the permit-required space.
 Order evacuation of the permit space when
necessary.
 Summon rescue and other services during
emergency.
 Ensure that unauthorized persons stay away from
permit spaces.
 Inform authorized entrants and entry supervisor
of entry by unauthorized persons.
 Perform no other duties that interfere with the
attendants primary duties.
 Hole •Know the hazards Entry
•Signs and symptoms Supervisor
Watcher
•Behavioral effects
•Know the hazards
Authorized •Accurate entrant
Entrant count •Signs and symptoms
•Remain outside the •Hazard
space identification
•Know the •Communicate with •Hazard evaluation
hazards entrants •Verify tests and
•Signs and •Monitor inside and permit
symptoms outside •Verify rescue
•Use of equipment •Summon rescue available
services •Remove
•Communicate
•Order evacuation of unauthorized
•Alert the personnel
space
Attendant
•Perform non-entry •Terminate entry
•Evacuate space operations
rescue
•No interference of •Ensure space is
duties properly closed out
 Duties
of
Hole watch
 DUTIES OF HOLE WATCHER
 Barricading the
location

 Displaying
appropriate sign
board

 keep track of the

entrants

 Entrants are
identified on
the permit
Importance of hole watcher outside a
confined space

 Hole watcher are responsible for

monitoring conditions outside the
entrance to the space
 Hole watcher are
responsible for
monitoring conditions
inside the space
Importance of hole watcher outside a
confined space

 Hole watcher must remain outside

the space during operations until
relieved by another attendant
 Hole watcher should have knowledge
on:

CONFINED
SPACE
ENTRY
PERMIT
SYSTEM
 Hole watcher should have knowledge
on:

GAS
TEST
CERTIFICATE
Hole watcher should have knowledge
on:

ENTRY
EXIT
LOG
SHEET
Hole watcher should have knowledge
on

 Gas Testing &

Monitoring
 Adequate
Ventilation
 Rescue plan
 Proper
Communication
Knowledge on use of equipments:
 Lighting
 Barriers
 Sign board
 Safe
ingress/egress
 Emergency and
rescue equipment
 Use of Personal
protective
equipment
Communications procedures
 Hole watcher must
communicate with
the entrant to
monitor the
entrant’s status

 Hole watcher must

be able to alert
entrants of the need
to evacuate
When entrants must alert an Hole
watcher

 Entrants must alert an Hole watcher

regarding:
 dangerous situations
 prohibited
conditions
Evacuations
 Evacuation must occur if the entrant
detects:
 a warning sign or
symptom of
exposure
 a prohibited
condition
 an evacuation
alarm
When to evacuate

 Prohibited conditions occur

 Behavioral effects
are observed
When to evacuate
 Situations outside
the space that
require
evacuation

 Hole watcher not

able to safely
perform duties
Rescue and
emergency procedures
 Either an outside
rescue service
(RLIC 474 -888)or
on-site rescue team
can be used

 Selection of rescue
services must be
based on ability to
respond and
perform
Rescue and
emergency procedures

 Rescue teams must be informed of

permit space hazards

 Rescue teams must have access to

permit
spaces for
training
Rescue and
emergency procedures

 Summoning the rescue and

emergency services

 Verifying that rescue services are

available
Rescue and
emergency procedures

 Authorized
entrants if
required
provided with
retrieval
systems
 Full-body
harness
 Retrieval line
 Wristlets
Rescue and
emergency procedures

 Hole watcher
must not enter
a confined
space unless
trained to do so
and help has
arrived
Coordinating entry with
multiple employers

 Acceptable entry
conditions must
be maintained
 Gas testing to be
performed only by
AGT
Summary of key points

 Entry permits

 Entry procedures

 Prohibited conditions
Summary of key points

 Communication procedures

 Permit cancellation

 Conditions that cause evacuation

Summary of key points

 Equipment

 PPE

 Rescue/emergency procedures