There are dangerous, confined spaces everywhere, even where no one would know it. They exist above, below and around us in common areas such as pipelines, sewers, tankers, tunnels, storage bins and ...

Every year, industrial workers around the globe face the daunting task of entering confined spaces to perform necessary inspections, maintenance and operations. These spaces—characterized by their ...

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- United Rentals, Inc. (URI), the world’s largest equipment rental company, today announced the launch of its enhanced Confined Space Safety Training for Competent ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA, UNITED STATES, October 25, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Confined spaces, whether in construction or general industry, pose unique safety challenges ...

The voluntary consensus standard, which was approved on July 27, 2009, with an effective date of November 2, 2009, establishes minimum safety requirements to follow while entering, exiting and working ...

On a daily basis around the nation, emergency responders must handle incidents in confined spaces. Not all of these agencies have technical teams at their immediate disposal or even in their first ...

A long-running joint industry project to improve safety on floating production, storage and offloading vessels has released a report setting out strategies that could help companies significantly ...

Around 100 people die every year in confined spaces in the US. Many of these are would be rescuers who do not understand the hazards. A confined space has limited openings for entry or exit, is large ...

On September 18, 2025, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA Standards Board) voted to adopt revisions to regulations on construction safety orders for confined ...