Permit-Required Confined Spaces – Do You Know What They Are?
Confined spaces in the workplace are common, and they may even be more common than you think. For example, sewers, storage bins and tanks can all be confined spaces, but in many cases so are silos and open pits. Some confined spaces may not pose great harm, but others can be very dangerous to anyone entering them. One example of a tragic accident involving a confined space occurred at Precision Industrial Maintenance Inc. of Albany, New …