Spectrum Keeping Customers and Employees Safe In Confined Spaces

Spectrum Environmental Services, Inc. and its operating entities takes keeping our customers and employees safe as top priority when at the office or on the jobsite. With over 29 years of experience, Spectrum knows that safety is paramount, especially when there are confined spaces involved. Ventilation plays a key factor in confined space safety. While it is not the only safety barrier between confined space hazards and worker health, it is by far the most effective.

Confined Space Exhaust Ventilation System

OSHA Defines a Confined Space as:

• Large enough and configured so an employee can enter and perform assigned work.

• Has limited or restricted means of entry or exit. Examples include:

  • vessels

  • tanks

  • storage bins

  • silos

  • hoppers

  • vaults

  • pits

• Not designed for continuous human occupancy

Man Basket Used At Entry Point

Some confined space hazards include: toxic and/or combustible atmosphere, mechanical entrapment, extreme temperatures, poor lighting, slick or wet surfaces, engulfment potential, and work created hazards. Spectrum evaluates each confined space prior to entry to determine if it is a permit required or a non-permit required confined space and then proceeds accordingly.

Permit-Required Confined Space: This is a space where the hazards to employees are controlled but still present. These spaces are usually IDLH (immediately dangerous to life and health).

Non-Permit Required Confined Space: This is a space where the hazards are “eliminated.”

Want more information on Permit-Required and Non-Permit Required Confined Spaces? Visit OSHA 1910.146

Confined Space 80ft Below Ground

Spectrum has the knowledge, equipment, and resources needed to get your confined space job done safely. We operate in multiple types of confined spaces such as silos, tanks, and pits. Each one of our industrial technicians and operators are trained and certified on OSHA confined space regulations and requirements. We can assist you in planning your project, whether you have ventilation needs or help in identifying whether a space meets confined space or permit required confined space. How can the Spectrum Team help you today?

Original Wooden Planks From 1950’s On Ceiling