How can training prevent future failures?

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Confined Space Rescue Hierarchy

By Scott Goodwin, COSS



With all of the recent talk on confined space incidents and what has gone wrong during the rescues it is time to talk about the different types of rescues and the options that are available in a rescue. As a fire officer and confined space rescue technician, you should not be relying on the local fire department to be your rescue team. This is the most common mistake and is also a possible OSHA violation. Secondly, most… Continue

What Can Go Wrong in Confined Space Rescues?

Part two of a two part series

Scott Goodwin, COSS







Recently, we have all seen the media attention on some of the confined space rescues that have gone wrong. From May 2010 to September 2010 there were three high profile confined space rescues that resulted in three workers perishing, six injured rescuers and one fatality of a rescuer. So what went so horribly wrong that in these three…

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Confined Space Rescue…Is it worth killing yourself over?

Part one of a two part series

By Scott Goodwin, COSS







May 8, 2010 Middletown, OH a worker conducting a non-entry inspection of a manhole was incapacitated and fell into the hole. Moments later, two firefighters lowered their Captain into the hole to conduct the rescue. All three firefighters are overcome and nearly perish in the botched rescue.

May 26, 2010 Liberty Township, Indiana a worker is… Continue