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William Reed is a writer at OSHE Blog covering workplace safety, confined spaces, and hazard assessments. He writes practical guides for safer workplaces.
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Hot work is any activity that introduces an ignition source into a workplace — welding, flame cutting, brazing, soldering, grinding, thawing pipes with a torch, or running a bitumen boiler. The…
An offshore HSE lead explains what legally counts as a confined space in the US and UK, the hazards that kill entrants, and how spaces are classified.
Functional hazard assessment answers a different question from the risk assessments most safety practitioners run. A HAZOP or a job hazard analysis asks whether the thing that has been designed is…
