BioCycle, November 2011

BioCycle

November 2011

BioCycle (full article)

Worker Safety in Confined Spaces

According to a recent article by Nellie Brown, Director of Workplace Health and Safety Programs for Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, a review of fatalities in livestock manure storage and handling facilities between 1975 and 2004 found that 22 percent of 77 deaths occurred when would-be rescuers were overcome themselves. The initial victims entering confined spaces to perform maintenance or repair accounted for 34 percent of the deaths.