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The Confined Space You Didn’t Know You Had
By NASP Blogger Editorial
Two enforcement actions above involved confined spaces, and one killed a worker inspecting a tanker trailer. These fatalities share a frustrating characteristic: they are preventable using knowledge the profession has had for decades. The failures are usually failures of recognition and program discipline, not technical knowledge. Here is a walkthrough you can run at your…
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