Confined Space & Permitted Entry

Confined spaces can be below or above ground. Confined spaces can be found in almost any workplace. A confined space, despite its name, is not necessarily small. Examples of confined spaces include silos, vats, hoppers, utility vaults, tanks, sewers, pipes, access shafts, truck or rail tank cars, aircraft wings. Ditches and trenches may also be a confines space when access or egress is limited.

Some companies require tanks, clarifiers, or even storm drains cleaned. This requires special training, confined space and permitted entry. In combination with our vacuum trucks and specialized cleaning equipment, confined space and permitted entry is the perfect solution to your needs.

What is a confined space?

Generally speaking, a confined space is an enclosed or partially enclosed space that:

• is not primarily designed or intended for human occupancy
• has a restricted entrance or exit by way of location, size or means
• can represent a risk for the health and safety of anyone who enters, due to one more of the following factors:
• its design, construction, location or atmosphere
• the materials or substances in it
• work activities being carried out in it, or the
• mechanical, process and safety hazards present