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9. What are the duties of a confined space attendant?
Ans: He is responsible for the safety of entrants, should be present whenever people are working in confined space, maintain update entry log sheet, maintain continuous communication with entrants and monitor conditions in the confined space to ensure a safe working atmosphere, prevent unauthorized entry of personnel, initiate alarm for help if needed, evacuate the entrants if conditions are not satisfying or incase of any general evacuation is initiated, contact rescue personnel if necessary, etc.
10. Give some examples of a Confined Space?
Ans: Pipes, Vessels, Tanks, Boilers and Tubes areas, Silos, Trenches and Excavations deeper than 4feet, Sludge pits, Duct works, etc.
11. Name one hazardous job in a Confined Space?
Ans: Welding, grinding, chemical cleaning, use of gas cutting set, er****on of materials.
12. Who is a competent person?
Ans: Is one who is properly trained and authorized to perform a specific work in a safe manner.
13. What is an accident?
Ans: An accident is an uncontrolled event that results in undesirable consequences to personnel (injury/illness) or the assets (damage/loss) to the environment.
14. What is near miss?
Ans: A potential hazard, which not yet caused an accident or an occurrence that did not result in but have the potential to result in undesirable consequences to personnel (illness/injury) and/or to the assets (damage/loss) or to the neighboring community and environment.
15. Who make an accident report?
Ans: Concerned area supervisor or site safety representative.
16. Who makes an accident investigation report?
Ans: A team of front line supervisor, HSE manager, Sub-Contractor representative if sub-contractor personnel are injured, high officials depending upon the severity of accident.
17. What is the use of the accident investigation report?
Ans: To find out root cause of the accident, make recommendations to prevent re-occurrence and evaluate the effectiveness