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The Importance of a Confined Space Rescue Plan

A confined space rescue plan, also known as a hazard assessment and control program, is an emergency plan that will ensure that your workers, who need to enter a confined space to perform their duties, are safe.

According to the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, it is the responsibility of an employer to make sure that none of your workers enter or remain in a confined space unless “adequate written on-site rescue procedures that apply to the confined space have been developed and are ready for immediate implementation.”

Know the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development Requirements for a Confined Space Rescue Plan

Before you allow any of your workers to enter a confined space, you need to make sure that there are a sufficient number of trained personnel in the following, on site:

• Who know on-site confined space rescue procedures
• Who can give first-aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
• Who can use the rescue equipment that is necessary to carry out your confined space rescue plan

These attendants need to be available for immediate implementation of the on-site rescue plan and procedures before anyone enters a confined space. Simply calling 911 is not a form of on-site rescue procedure as it takes time for 911 responders to arrive and you need to have responders ready for immediate implementation to rescue a worker in trouble.

Your rescue personnel will need to be properly trained and familiar with your confined space rescue plan

What Should Your Written Confined Space Rescue Plan Include?

Before any of your workers enter a confined space, your entry supervisor will need to fill in the confined space rescue plan or entry permit and review all the emergency procedures written in it with all of the entrants and other related workers. You should establish an entry permit system for each entry into a confined space.

You plan should include information about the following:

• The date and time of entry and the length of time the permit is valid for
• Confined space name and location
• Possible hazards that may be encountered
• Names of the attendant and on-site rescue personnel
• Methods of communication for the attendant, workers and rescue personnel
• Methods of rescue
• Rescue equipment requirements
• Rescue equipment inspections
• Medical equipment requirements
• Personal protective equipment requirements
• Description and diagram of the confined space

Your entry permit should be posted at the confined space and stay posted there until the work is finished.

Your confined space rescue plan should also include any necessary PPE

Where to Get the Best Confined Space Rescue Training

ACUTE Services can provide you with the proper confined space training that you and your workers need to stay safe.  You can do your training at out world-class training facility or if you prefer we can come to your site.

Any workers who enter into a confined space need to have the proper confined spaces training. This type of training will give entrants, attendants and competent persons the skills and training required to recognize confined space entry risks and how to establish measured and corresponding controls.

Participants will have the opportunity to become familiar with, inspect and use Confined Space Entry (CSE) access equipment and air quality instrumentation.

ACUTE’s Confined Space training program is intended to provide you with the skills and training required to recognize entry risks and how to establish measured and corresponding controls

For the Best Confined Space Training, Trust ACUTE

You can trust ACUTE for the best confined space training possible. ACUTE’s experienced team members have been serving safety professionals for over 20 years. You can trust ACUTE for hands-on, physically-distanced, practical safety training to keep your employees safe in the workplace.

ACUTE is dedicated to workplace safety and understands the importance of course and training provider approval. Why get workplace safety training with ACUTE? Here are just some of the benefits of working with ACUTE.

• Open Door Instructor-Student Partnership – ACUTE’s training services emphasize client participation. Staff foster relationships with clients and serve as a touchstone for advice anytime moving forward.
• Serving Your Team and Industry – With a vast array of clients in manufacturing, construction, health, academic, and government sectors, ACUTE brings the best safety practices from across the spectrum to your workplace.
• 100 Years Combined Experience – ACUTE provides comprehensive health and safety training, on-site safety services, and consulting services. With over 100 years of combined experience, our company staff offer more than theoretical or abstract ideas.  ACUTE offers solutions.
• Track Record of Success – ACUTE is rated 4.9/5 stars on Google reviews, demonstrating a commitment to our clients, quality, and passion for training.