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Posted By Adrian Connelly
Does anyone have any ideas what should be included in a risk assessment of a deaf worker entering a confined space?
Regards
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Posted By Robert.
Since it's Friday.
Sub-titles.
sorry
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Posted By Dave Merchant
Can they talk?
If so they can maintain comms easily enough provided there's a way for the outside worker to prompt them (radio with a vibrating function etc.) and there's no other hazard I can see being prohibitive, assuming they don't need to listen for something as part of the job (which would defeat your question somewhat). If they're in visual contact with surface then there shouldn't be a problem at all, provided they can occasionally wave.
This situation arises a lot in soft-hat diving work, where people simply can't hear each other. You just use the other senses instead.
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Posted By garyh
The only issue I can see is in communication - eg standbyman needs to tell the entrant to exit the confined space - how to do this?
Theer are many ways - one job I looked at involved using "windy guns" in a tank. The noise meant that ear defenders were worn, making speech difficult. The means of getting the entrants attention was to turn off the compressed air to the tools! Flashing the lights is another way. You need a safe system.
I had a different dilemma - the (otherwise excellent standbyman) had a serious stammer.
I was really looking hard at emergency / rescue plans for confined space entry.
The first step was for the standbyman to radio "Emergency, emergency, tank XYZ". The emergency services would be then summoned; our trained rescuers would go to the entry to commence the rescue.
Could my man, in an emergency, get the message out?
A lot rode on this; if I deemed him not competent, he could have lost his job; he was on a short, renewable contract.
I was not convinced by his "yes I could".
In the end, we agreed, if necessary, he could sing it (his karaoke was brill!).
You know, trala, trala, Emergency, Emergency........
I am serious here; it worked. Job done; safe entry, workable rescue plan, standbyman kept job.
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Posted By Robert.
garyh,
reminds me of the good old days in Ulster.
Our man in the ops room with a long polish name that even he couldn't pronounce because of his stammer.
We were in Lurgan,came under fire and the immediate radio comm was "hello zero this is 22 Bravo, CONTACT, wait out"
response was "RRRRRRoooo-------RRRRooo, aw, f--- it-----out"
Good enough for me, local RUC and RRF back up in seconds
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Posted By Sally
Other thing to consider is alarms such as low oxygen, carbon monoxide etc and make sure they have a vibrating or light alarm.
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