About

Authors

The instructions and information provided in this tool were written by occupational health and safety researchers, with the help of a grant from the IRSST as part of the research project Development of a Confined Space Risk Analysis and Work Categorization Tool (R-955).

• Damien Burlet-Vienney, IRSST
• Brigitte Roberge, IRSST
• Yuvin Chinniah, École Polytechnique de Montréal
• Ali Bahloul, IRSST

Other scientific publications

Burlet-Vienney, D., Chinniah, Y., Bahloul, A. The Need for a Comprehensive Approach to Managing Confined Space Entry: Summary of the Literature and Recommendations for Next Steps, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Vol. 11, No. 7 (2014), pp. 485–498. DOI:10.1080/15459624.2013.877589

Burlet-Vienney, D., Chinniah, Y., Bahloul, A., and Roberge, B. Occupational Safety during Interventions in Confined Spaces, Safety Science, Vol. 79, No. 11 (2015), pp. 19–28. DOI:10.1016/j.ssci.2015.05.003

Burlet-Vienney, D., Chinniah, Y., Bahloul, A., and Roberge, B. Design and application of a 5-step risk assessment tool for confined space entries, Safety Science, Vol. 80, No. 12 (2015), pp. 144–155. DOI:10.1016/j.ssci.2015.07.022

Burlet-Vienney, D., Chinniah, Y., Bahloul, A. and Roberge, B. Risk analysis for confined space entries: Critical analysis of four tools applied to three risk scenarios, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Vol. 13, No. 6 (2016), pp. D99–D108. DOI:10.1080/15459624.2016.1143949

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the people and organizations that sat on the monitoring committee for the development of this tool: Elsa Dagenais, Via prévention; Caroline Godin, Multi Prévention; François R. Granger, CNESST; Élaine Guénette, APSAM; Charbel Mouawad, ASFETM; Mireille Pelletier, CSN; Pascal Rousseau and Philippe Rouleau, PréviBois; Bernard Teasdale, ASP Construction. Their contributions were extremely valuable and much appreciated.

Coordination

Marie-France d’Amours and Linda Savoie, IRSST

Programming

Ameziane Meddour, IRSST

Graphics and web design

MultipleMédia

Collaboration

Isabelle Vézina, IRSST

Translation

James Cookson and Karin Montin

Disclaimer

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