Tank repair shops, wash racks need to develop carefully thought out confined space plan

摘要

After Owen McLean was hired as a loss-prevention specialist at Baldwin & Lyons Inc two years ago-before he even had a chance to go through orientation-he was asked to fly to a customer's location and assist the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in an investigation into why an employee asphyxiated in a tank. He discussed what he learned during National Tank Truck Carriers' 2015 Tank Truck Week in Houston, Texas. He reviewed the multiple factors that contributed to a fatal confined space incident at a tank wash rack.