What are PERMIT TO WORK IN CONFINED SPACES forms?

Permit to Work in Confined Spaces forms gives guidance for those involved in working within confined spaces, those who employ or train such people and also for those that represent them.

It considers and records the potential hazards connected with working in confined spaces and the necessary precautions that must be taken to comply with all UK health & safety legislation and health policy  from 1997.

With these hazard considerations, the opportunity for accidents is greatly reduced and the permit will help to protect the health & safety of your employees and sub-contractors.

Who gets each copy of a Permit to Work Confined Space form?

Confined Spaces within the construction industries have either limited or restricted means for entry or exit, and are not designed for continuous occupancy by a human worker, although not necessarily designed for people they are still big enough to allow workers to enter and perform a task within a specified time-frame.

What is considered a Confined Space within Construction?

Confined Spaces within the construction industries have either limited or restricted means for entry or exit, and are not designed for continuous occupancy by a human worker, although not necessarily designed for people they are still big enough to allow workers to enter and perform a task within a specified time-frame.

Confined spaces can include, but not limited to things like:

✓ Man-holes

✓ Water or Fuel tanks

✓ Air Con Ducts

✓ Grain Silos

✓ Storage Bins

✓ Storage Tanks

✓ Reaction Vessels

✓ Hoppers on production lines

✓ Secure bank or storage vaults

✓ Underground Pits

✓ Enclosed Drains

✓ Public or Commercial Sewers

✓ Earth or concrete tunnels and pipelines

✓ Equipment Housings

✓ Open-topped Chambers

✓ Vats

✓ Furnace Combustion Chambers

✓ Unventilated or poorly-ventilated rooms or areas

What are the characteristics of a Confined Space within the world of work?

Confined Spaces can describe one or more of the following characteristics:

• it Contains or has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere
• it Contains material that has the potential to engulf a human worker
• has Walls that converge or taper inwards
• has Floors that slope downward, or converge with other floors
• has Floors that taper into a smaller area that could trap or asphyxiate a human worker
• contains any other health or safety hazards such as exposed live electrical wires, unguarded machinery either working or not, or even a source of heat stress for a worker

Who in UK Government issues Permit to Work guidance?

According to the independent UK regulator, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Permit to Work systems must strongly consider the human factor, objectives and management of the Permit to Work system in Confined Spaces, skill levels of the construction personnel authorised to do the hazardous work in the confined space, unconscious and conscious incompetence on-site (the 'human factor'!), and the various types of work permits needed.

A number of people are killed or seriously injured in confined spaces within the UK each year on jobs, happening within a wide range of industry sectors, from those involving complex plant to simple storage vessels from the list above.

Those unfortunately killed include people trapped within the confined space to those who then try to rescue them without proper training and rescue equipment.

What is the UK law on Confined Spaces Regulations?

The UK legislation and the Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) on Confined Spaces is based on the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997.

You can acquire the Approved Code of Practice, Regulations and guidance L101 (Second Edition) from HSE Books. It is guidance for those involved in work within confined spaces, those who employ or train such people and also for those that represent them.

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