DID YOU KNOW? About 2.1 million workers enter permit confined spaces annually. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), approximately 60 percent of confined space fatalities are rescuers. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reported that when multiple deaths occur during a rescue, the majority of the victims are "would-be" rescuers. NOSH reports:

• Out of 100 deaths that were investigated, the main reasons the workers entered the confined space were to perform their work functions of routine maintenance, repairs, and inspections of the confined space.
• Out of 670 confined space deaths, the most common types of hazards were […]

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