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This control measure should be read in conjunction with: Protect people at risk: Survival guidance Protect people at risk: Water survival guidance   It should be safer for...

Survival Guidance

MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanners will most commonly be found in medical facilities, such as hospitals. However, they may also be found in animal facilities, such as veterinary clinics...

Industry

It is not possible to provide a comprehensive list of confined spaces. Some spaces may become confined when work is carried out, or during their construction, fabrication or subsequent...

Height, structures and confined spaces

Isolation from gases, liquids, and other flowing materials When operating in a confined space, the ingress of gas, liquids or flowing materials will affect the environment, which may...

Height, structures and confined spaces

An incident involving above ground structures can be complex due to the size, shape, purpose and surrounding area. It may be beneficial to use joint on-site training to identify and plan for...

Height, structures and confined spaces

All employers have a duty to look after the health, safety and welfare of their employees at work and to ensure their operations do not adversely affect the health and safety of other people....

Operations

Legislation requires employers to consider carefully and then deal with any health and safety risks for people working alone. Decisions to allow lone working at an operational incident should be...

Operations

This hazard should be read in conjunction with: Calls from or about trapped people at risk Calls from or about people at risk trapped in or by water   Flooding can often...

Survival Guidance

This control measure should be read in conjunction with: Situational awareness: Survival guidance Situational awareness: Water survival guidance Situational awareness: Water...

Survival Guidance

This section contains generic control measures that should be applied when dealing with any incident in an industrial site, whatever the context, size or complexity. There are many types of...

Industry

On-site machinery may still be operating when the fire and rescue service arrives. Personnel should liaise with on-site staff to identify where and how to isolate the on-site machinery, and to...

Industry

Scaffolding is used to provide a means of access, working platforms or support to structures. There are two generic types of scaffolding systems: Tower scaffold – this is an...

Industry

Fire and rescue services may attend incidents involving scaffolding when there is no one on site or the security staff present have no information. Scaffolding is generally used to provide work...

Industry

If the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner is still emitting a strong magnetic field,  personnel should not enter the scanner room (beyond the demarcation line) with any metal or battery...

Industry

CT (computerised tomography) scanners will most commonly be found in medical facilities, such as hospitals. However, they may also be found in animal facilities, such as veterinary clinics and...

Industry

Non-ionising radiation does not cause changes to the molecular structure of living tissue, as opposed to ionising radiation, such as gamma and X-rays, that does have this effect. However,...

Industry

Selection and use of suitable equipment Any equipment provided for use in a confined space must be suitable for the purpose. If there is a risk of flammable gases in a confined space,...

Height, structures and confined spaces

Confirmation should be sought from the responsible person on the status of the evacuation strategy and operation of systems in use to protect members of the public, staff and emergency...

Height, structures and confined spaces

Structural collapses occur because of a loss of stability, where the basic shape and integrity of the structure is significantly changed through being subjected to a combination of forces. As the...

Height, structures and confined spaces