7 Safety Equipment

Various safety equipment (including personal protective equipment) may be required for your confined space entries. This may include:

• Head protection
• Eye/face protection
• Gloves and protective clothing
• Appropriate safety footwear
• Lock-out and other isolation equipment
• Ventilation equipment
• Gas monitor kit (inc. pump and calibration gas) for bump testing)
• Harnesses and lifelines
• Respiratory protection
• Extraction equipment
• Traffic control devices

Warning systems or barricades are needed at locations where a potential exists for persons or objects to fall into an opening or a confined space. This protection should not interfere with ventilation or egress from the confined space.

Each access and egress point shall be evaluated by a competent person to determine the most effective methods and equipment for enabling personnel to safely enter and exit the confined space. Means of safe access and egress shall be provided.