Question

Your workers are about to enter a storage bin to perform cleaning operations. The bin is a permit confined space; and since it has an IDLH (immediately dangerous to life and health) atmosphere, workers must use a respirator to do the work. Normally, that’s not a problem. But you’re in the middle of a July heat wave and workers are concerned that wearing a respirator will cause them to get heat stress. And let’s just assume they’re right. What’s your best option? A.) Let them remove their respirators just this once so they don’t get heat stress B.) Make them wear their respirators […]