NFPA 350

NFPA 350 standard provides guidance and information on protecting workers safely from confined space risks. It ranges from entrapment and drowning to suffocation and toxic chemical exposure.

Each year, many accidents and incidents occur in classified locations as confined spaces, and emergency responders, leaving workers at the risk of myriad hazards that are not controlled because of occupied spaces.

Details of NFPA 350 Product

Book Title: Guide for Safe Confined Space Entry and Work

Publisher Name: National Fire Protection Association

Edition: 2022

SKU: 35022

ISBN-10: 1455928518

ISBN-13: 978-1455928514

FAQs

Q. What kind of help is defined in NFPA 350, standard?

A. NFPA 350 helps to keep workers safe and minimize injuries, illness, and deaths by referencing this standard that is based on the Guide for Safe Confined Space Entry and Work.

Q. Why is the NFPA 350 essential document designed?

A. NFPA 350 necessary document is designed to provide the way for increasing the effectiveness of confined space safety programs. This standard also helps in following regulations such as OSHA 29 CFR 1926, and OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146, Subpart AA.

Q. What is offered in the NFPA 350 standard?

A. The NFPA 350 offers easy-to-understand terminology and fills gaps that are not accounted for by current legislation. This standard is intended to help workers and minimize injuries, deaths, and illness.

Q. What is the function of NFPA 350?

A. NFPA 350 function is to require fire and emergency services personnel to develop and assess confined space rescue strategies that are combined with NFPA 1670 which is Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents. It provides the safest work practices for those who are working in and around confined spaces.

Q. What safety topics are covered in the NFPA 350?

A. NFPA 350 covers the confined safety topics, are:

• Evaluation of hazards
• Atmospheric monitoring
• Hazard elimination and control
• Rescue and rescue planning
• Prevention through design (PtD)
• Pre-entry evaluation forms and permits
• Management of change (MOC)
• Ventilation types, selection and design, equipment, and installation
• Confined space personnel duties, responsibilities, and competencies