Confined Spaces Assessment

If your employees need to work in enclosed or restricted spaces, a confined spaces assessment can help identify potential hazards and make sure suitable controls are in place before work begins.

Under the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997, employers must assess the risks associated with confined space work and avoid entry where possible. Where entry is necessary, suitable precautions must be taken to protect those carrying out the work.

A confined spaces assessment looks at the space itself, the work being carried out and the risks that could affect anyone entering or working nearby.

Safety First Group can assess confined space activities and provide practical recommendations to help you manage risks and put safe working arrangements in place.

What our confined spaces assessment includes

• Identification of confined spaces within the workplace
• Review of the work being carried out
• Identification of potential hazards
• Ventilation and atmospheric risks
• Access and escape arrangements
• Emergency procedures and rescue planning
• Personal protective equipment requirements
• Safe systems of work
• Practical recommendations where further action is required