OSHA Safety Equipment Education Blog

When dealing with confined space entry rescue applications, few offer as many difficulties as side-entry or horizontal entry confined spaces. The question we commonly get is, "What can we use for rescue in side-entry confined space applications?"

It's not unusual for our customers to call with this question, "I've been told I can't have a steel cable in a confined space due to an electrical hazard, what do I do?" If there is a risk of electrical arcing in a confined space, one certainly doesn't want a 50 foot long steel cable in the space. We have the solution.