Contractor : Orascom Confined Space Evaluation Ref. No.

Module 4 – Base Module (Lube oil

skid) 41,42
Supervisor : Scope: checking and inspection
Assessment Date : 28-3-2017
Task : Erection of small parts
Name of Assessors : 1.Mohamed Abdel Fattah 3. Kopus
2.Mohamed Bakr 4.Ahmed Khaled

Task Steps Potential Hazards / consequences Controls - Additional Measures

(Access to the
entrance?)
(Entrance / Entry
Into…?)
(Manner of moving about
inside, e.g. crouching,
crawling, walking…?)
(Ventilation…?)
(Specific activities ,e.g.
grinding while on his
back or other awkward
position)
(Work area within the
confined space, on a
ladder, slopped floor,
scaffold…?)
 trip hazard  Safe access, Housekeeping must be conducted daily to assure clean and
empty
 Slip hazard, restricted access,  Provide enough and suitable means of egress,
Collapse of Scaffold

 crawling through the open to  Signs to indicate low height through access
enter inside the base module
may lead to Back injuries, Disc
injuries and Back Pain
 Suffocating hazards  Provide proper and good ventilation by providing exhausting and venting
 means (mechanical ventilation)
 Back injuries, Disc injuries,  Manual handling in proper and right way
ligament & tendon injuries,
muscular & nerve injuries, Back
Pain
 Slips  Be careful of slipping
 Confined space watcher to be at the entry of the confined space
 Using a rope to get guys out in case of emergency
 proper communication way between the watcher and guys inside

(Tools and equipment
used inside the space…?)
(Gasses, fumes or
vapors…?)
(Exiting manner…?)
(Make area safe before
leaving)
(In the event of an
emergency, can the
entrant be self-rescued
or assisted rescue…?)
(Others…?)
Confined Space Assessment (Task Specific)
 Hand injuries.
 Hand/fingers caught in between
 Suffocating hazards
 fire hazards
 Tripping hazards
 Damage of base module
confined space
 Use the right and correct size tools.
 All hand tools shall be inspected before use to ensure they are in good
condition
 Proper lighting will be provided to ensure sufficient visibility
 Trained Fire watcher should be posted.
 Fire extinguisher to be existed before and during work outside the
confined space
 Provide proper and good ventilation by providing exhausting and venting
means
 Maintain suitable and acceptable Oxygen and gases levels in the
environmental workplace to prevent suffocation or fire hazards
 Provide enough and suitable means of egress, exit ways or ladders
 Confined space watcher, fire watcher to be at the entry of the confined
space
 Removing all hand tools inside the base module

Reference to the NCP Construction Safety Manual 23.3 (1);

‘Confined spaces are identified as any area with a limited means of access / egress and subject to oxygen deficiency, accumulation
of flammable vapors, or any airborne contaminants that exceeds the Permissible Exposure Limits’.
 Confined Space Assessment (Task Specific)
Reference to OSHA 1910.146 Appendix A - refers to 1910.146(b);
“Confined Space”, means a space that;
1. Is large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter and perform assigned work; and
2. Has limited or restricted means for entry or exit (For example, tanks, vessels, silos, bins, hoppers, vaults, and pits are spaces
that may have limited means of access & egress.
3. Is not designed for continuous employee occupancy.

“Permit required confined space (permit space)’ means a confined space that has one or more of the following characteristics;
1. Contains or has a potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere;
2. Contains a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant;
3. Has an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a floor
which slopes downward and tapers to a smaller cross-section; or
4. Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard.