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How to Measure Confined Space Gases
Gas measurement is without a doubt the most important part of confined space safety.
Do it right, and you and your crew go home at the end of the day—do it wrong, and you might never go home again! So if you're a newbie (or even a little rusty), you've got to do your homework.
Here's the first lesson: get the right tools! If you already have a gas monitor, take it out and look at it. Without this device you are nothing! It always has to be with you in any confined space — no excuses! But m
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Dec 5th 2014
A Hydrogen Sulfide Horror Story
Confined spaces can be very spooky places. With inhabitants like molds, creepy crawlies and deadly gases, it's easy to see why: they're among the harshest places on the planet.
A rural Maine community
experienced this firsthand when Winfield Studley and Richard Kemp, two workers with Stevens Electric and Pump Services, suddenly went missing on the job.
The two had spent the morning draining and servicing a flooded sewage tank connected to a local inn. At some point over the cou
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Nov 21st 2014
BW Gas Alert Clip Extreme H2S Monitor
When you're only worried about hydrogen sulfide exposure, bulky monitors with multiple filters and functions just get in the way. That's why experienced workers depend on
BW Clip Extreme H2S Monitor every single day: it keeps things simple.
Indeed, it's hard to find a simpler H2S detector. You turn the
Gas Alert on once, and it stays on for the for the entire span of its two year battery life. It can't be turned off, so you never have to worry about turning it off accidentally. Yo
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Nov 7th 2011