Florida AgSafe Training Materials

All Dressed Up and No Place to Go
(Working in Confined Spaces, Set 1)

Prepared by Dr. Carol Lehtola, University of Florida

Option A (use with 100-500):

 100 A confined space is an area large enough for a person to occupy, is designed for only short term work, and is ______________________.
[Difficult to enter and exit]
   
 200 One example of a confined space is__________________.
[Silos, grain bins, manure pits, storage vessels, wells, deep trenches, chemical tanks, cold storage rooms, hopper rail cars, tank trucks]
   
 300 Only people who are _______________ should be allowed to enter a confined space.
[Properly trained]
   
 400 One example of a physical hazard in a confined space is____________.
[Falling objects, loose material that can break away and cover the person, wet surfaces, sloping sides]
   
 500 Gases such as carbon dioxide are not toxic, however, they can be fatal to a person entering a confined space since it displaces the ______________.
[Oxygen]


Option B (can be used either for 100-500 or for 200-1000)

 200 When working in or around a confined space, do not work ___________.
[Alone]
   
 400 Workers who have this psychological condition should not work in confined spaces.
[Claustrophobia]
   
 600 If you find someone is in trouble in a confined space, what should you do?
[Do not enter. Find someone who is trained to enter and has the proper PPE.]
   
 800 Cold storage rooms often have had ______________ pumped out of them in order to help preserve the foods.
[Oxygen]
   
 1000 A worker has entered a deep trench to check on a gas engine-powered pump that has quit operating. The worker is later found in the trench dead. What was the cause?
[The gas engine needs fuel, spark, and oxygen to operate. During combustion in the confined space, carbon monoxide was given off and displaced the oxygen in the area, thus the engine shut down due to lack of oxygen.]



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