Posted By Peter Richardson
Could anyone help with an on-going problem, at my site we do a lot of vessel work which consists of the user wearing long breather within a confined space?

In the past year or so we have had welders using this equipment, but found it difficult to wear their hard hats whilst carrying out their duties, resulting in head wounds.
Is a product (bump cap) out on the market that would give the user head protection whilst using long breather in a confined space.

The alternative to this is, the user to don his mask, the standby to strap his hat using a chin strap under the tubes of the mask, then clip it to the side of the hat before entering the vessel, this is cumbersome for the wearer and not an ideal solution.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Peter

Posted By Merv Newman
I know that you can obtain hot-screen (instant screening) welder's masks with built-in head protection. All goes on as one unit. May not be up to hard hat standards but unless you
are dropping bricks from umpteen meters in your confined space then "bump-cap" standards should do.

Good forced ventilation should be your primary concern.

Well, apart from the usual confined space worries/procedures.

My, oft repeated, comment on CS is that I won't let them in until I'm sure they will come out alive. Every time I have done a CS permit I have gone down with them. Just to make sure. And don't let no-one call me a Brave heart.

(extremely strong expletive, just to emphasise the point. Deleted to honour the minotaurs)

Now I've got to get the plum duff started (it's the season, innit ?)

Leg of lamb and a cheap Beaujolais.

Merv