On-Site Rescue Inc.

03/28/2023

Great article. If you follow us for Confined Space, or work at a facility with Conspaces, these 7 points sum up the responsibilities…
(2min read)

Seven steps to help you prepare in case someone working at your facility becomes injured, incapacitated, or trapped in a space and has to be rescued.

06/12/2022

ConSpace situation last week - 2 workers fell into a tank of chocolate. Unique how they were rescued ….

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/us/chocolate-tank-rescue-pennsylvania/index.html

07/23/2021

June 2021 - Ottawa worker falls 20’ down access shaft. Multi-team rescue effort. Nice work.

It’s a short read reminding us why we do this.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/worker-stuck-on-access-shaft-at-construction-site-gets-dramatic-rescue/wcm/645ea77e-ded2-4697-bbfe-35a4ca3ffa15/amp/

02/14/2020

Interesting 1m:45s video of rescue on woman in a 25’ drain. Good job by Oklahoma Fire.

CONFINED SPACE RESCUE 5/29/2019 7:52 a.m. We never know how our day will flow, and this morning certainly began with something we don't see often. Firefighte...

07/12/2019

Now that’s improvising !
July 9 @ Indiana - Conspace Rescue team used a swing set to get a kid out of a tank....

1min video

EVANSVILLE, In. (WEHT) — First responders are now sharing with us how they improvised and used a rope and swing seat to pull that child to safety. It was a happy ending made possible by heroe…

07/12/2019

Wow.... any training? Catch the 2min video...

It happened at West Rively and South Sycamore Avenues.

06/28/2018

Few more details

Ministry of Labour has ordered McNally Construction not to disturb scene for its investigation

06/28/2018

Tragic Confined Space accident at an underground industrial site in Hamilton last week. See photos from topside.

Will post as more info comes out.

Accident happens at site of $52-million sewer extension project to Binbrook

04/03/2018

How would you handle this Conspace Search & Rescue operation?

Rescuers in Southern California on Monday morning spotted and extricated a boy who was stuck in a maze of drainage pipes for about 12 hours, authorities said.

03/03/2018

Thanks to our many clients recently including BML of Brantford, an engaged group of skilled trades workers.

Here is Instructor Tim Sicker teaching simple tripod use and non-entry rescue plans.

09/14/2017

http://www.cos-mag.com/personal-process-safety/34267-are-excavations-the-new-confined-space/

This is a really good article on risks of excavating - here is the key paragraph...

The particular tasks being carried out in an excavation, the processes and products used can also create harmful conditions, says Jason Hindson, senior safety consultant at Ronin Safety and Rescue in Coquitlam, B.C.

A worker may be required to remove coal tar with asbestos from a utility pipe, for example. Welding in a confined space produces oxygen deficiency, which can cause dizziness, confusion, asphyxiation and death. When a sewer main is opened in an excavation, the space should be considered a confined space. Hazardous energy sources must be locked out.

click link to read this well written article by Linda Johnson in "Occupational Safety"

Considering every excavation as a potential confined space can expose hidden hazards