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REHABTECHNOLOGY

Doheny Takes Conﬁned Space
Training On The Road
By Jeff Griffin Senior Editor

Mobile Training Vehicle To Participate In 2018 RehabZone

The Jack Doheny Companies, a
major supplier of sewer cleaning
and pipeline inspection and maintenance equipment, is bringing
essential permit required, confined
space training to job sites with a
mobile "classroom."
OSHA requires that all employees who work in confined spaces
must be properly trained and certified, said Mike Renner, Doheny
director the Doheny Technical
Institute.
"Our confined space mobile
training classroom contains all of
the equipment needed for confined space entry, along with a
confined space entry simulator,"
he said. "Training meets requirements of OSHA 29CFR1910.146
Permit Required Confined Space,
and participants receive certificates acknowledging completion of
the course."
Longtime certified trainer Ed
Fitzgerald conducts the confined
space sessions.

simulated real-world application.
This allows participants to experience putting on a harness, being
attached to a tripod, and actually
being lowered into a simulated
confined space, all while following
the proper OSHA rules and procedures."
Course topics include: OSHA
29 CFR1910 Explained, Hazardous Atmospheres, Flammable
Atmospheres, Toxic Atmospheres,
How to Take Air Samples, Types
of Hazards, Personal Protective
Equipment, Permit Building, Why
Accidents Happen, Oxygen Awareness, Monitor Selection, Proper
Ventilation Protocols, Entrant/Attendant/Entry/Supervisor Responsibilities, Reclassifications of Permit to Non-Permit, and Non-Entry
Rescue and Equipment Rescue.
A full schedule of upcoming
classes is posted on the company's
website: dohenycompanies.com.

Busy schedule

The Doheny confined space training truck will be stationed within
the RehabZone at the 2018 Underground Construction Technology International Conference &
Exhibition (UCT) in New Orleans,
LA, Jan. 30 - Feb. 1. The truck will
be fully operational and attendees
will have the opportunity to actually use all of its features, including
being strapped into a harness and
lowered into a simulated manhole.
Experts will be on hand to answer
any questions about the truck,
OSHA requirements and other
safety aspects of underground infrastructure operations.
"We think it is fantastic to have
this vehicle as part of the 'Zone,"
said Andy Rothenberg, president
of Primeline Products Inc. and
completing his second year as
chairperson of the RehabZone.
"With all the accidents that occur -

In the past 24 months, 87 mobile
training sessions have been
completed.
"Representatives of municipalities, utility companies, contractors
and engineering firms have taken
advantage of mobile confined
space training," Renner said. "Typically, there are 15 to 20 people in
each eight-hour class.
Renner said he knows of no other confined space training vehicle
in operation, and believes the mobile training concept offers several
advantages.
"Conventional training is done
from a classroom situation," he
explained, "and that provides the
knowledge needed to understand
confined space. The truck allows
us to take the knowledge learned
in the classroom and apply it in a

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especially recently - and risks that
are present every day on a job site,
we felt that it was very important
and appropriate to further emphasize safety within the RehabZone,"
The RehabZone is a neutral area
within UCT dedicated to providing
generic exhibits, demonstrations
and training for the sewer and water infrastructure industries. This
"no-sell" zone, co-sponsored by
NASSCO and Underground Construction magazine, is funded and
also sponsored by participating
industry companies.

Information about the RehabZone is available on the website
(rehabzone.org) and by contacting
Heather Myers at NASSCO (heather@nassco.org) or (410) 442-7473.
Headquartered in Northville,
MI, the Jack Doheny Companies
has been selling and renting new,
used and remanufactured vacuum
trucks, sewer cleaning equipment
and pipeline inspection systems
for more than 50 years. With 16
branch locations, Doheny serves
customers throughout North
America.
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