Rescue Plan for Personnel Working in Confined Spaces

Purpose
The purpose of this plan is to ensure that an effective rescue can be initiated and
performed within a reasonable amount of time for personnel working in Manholes.
Specifically, this plan has been written to facilitate the internal installation works that
would be carried inside Manholes.

Responsibilities
Contact Numbers
Name
Terry Cunningham
Yasuo Kato
Dr Munther
A Malek
Nurse
CCC Medical Center

Designation
Site Manager (JCP)
Site Manager (JGC)
CCC Medical Doctor
Fire Marshall
CCC Medical Center
Dedicated Land Line

Contact Number
03 358 1500 (Ext.120)
03 358 1491 (Ext.326)
055 304 6439 (H/P)
055 300 7159 (H/P)
055 170 4052 (H/P)
03 358 1761 (Ext. 166)

Site Management
o
o

To ensure that necessary resources are provided to the Emergency Response

Team to execute a rescue.
To ensure that the Emergency Response Team receives adequate training to
perform a rescue.

CCC HSE Manager

o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o

To activate the Emergency Response Team as required.

To activate the Medical Team to the incident area.
To inform the Project Manager of the incident.
Ensure that the Emergency Response Team has been adequately trained.
Ensure that necessary resources for the rescue efforts are mobilized such as
cranes, licensed riggers.
Investigate the incident after the rescue efforts.
Assign personnel to secure the area for both the Medical and Emergency
Response Team.
Ensure open communications are maintained with all parties.

The Medical Team

o
o
o
o
o
o

Respond to the affected area immediately with the ambulance

Ensure that the injured are treated.
Liaise with Fire Marshall for extrication of injured worker.
Render assistance where possible.
Ensure that the injured are transported to the clinic or a hospital.
Fill in all forms and records relevant to the incident.

First Responder
o
o
o
o
o
o

Call the CCC HSE Manager and provide full details regarding the location, type
and extent of incident, number of persons injured etc.
Warn other employees in the area about hazards associated with the incident
which may place them at risk.
Cooperate with the emergency teams.
Ensure that guides are placed at strategic locations to guide the Emergency
Crew to the exact location of the incident.
Stabilize the condition of the injured worker, if any and if possible.
Secure the area.

Emergency Response Team

o
o
o
o

To receive instruction from the Fire Marshall as required.

Follow their training procedure.
Rescue person from the Confined Space as trained.
Coordinate with the Field Safety Officers to secure area and passage.

Fire Marshall / Assistant Fire Marshall

o
o
o
o
o

Respond to the affected area and coordinate the emergency.

Ensure that the emergency vehicle has responded to the incident.
Ensure that the Emergency Response Team members are deployed as
necessary.
Liaise with the Medical Team for approval to move injured worker.
Liaise with the Security to ensure safe passage from site.

Emergency Equipment
The following equipment would be placed in the Fire Truck which would be stationed
at a suitable area within the vicinity where internal installation works on vessels
would be carried out.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)

Winch
Purpose designed aluminum tripod.
Shackles & Karabiners (Numbers and capacity to be defined)
10mm wire rope (100m length) compatible with the type of winch.
100m nylon rope for manual handling of rescue equipment in a bag.
2 nos. of 25m nylon rope for tag line purposes.
Suitable PPE
Spine board
Placed in Ambulance
Basket stretcher / Scoop Stretcher
Placed in Ambulance

General
Rescue procedures shall come into effect when communications with the person in
the confined space cease or when visual checking indicates that the person(s) in the
Confined Space is disabled or injured and needs to be physically assisted to leave
the confined space.

A two stage rescue plan has been developed to safely extricate any person in the
Confined Space. The first stage involves rescuing the person from the confined
Space to the closest platform outside the vessel and the second stage is to safely
remove the worker to the ground.
Rescue Procedure - General
o
o

Upon noticing that a person in the Confined Space requires assistance, the
Standby Man would activate the Emergency Response Procedure by calling the
CCC HSE Manager via the Mobile Phone.
Upon reaching the Confined Space the Fire Marshall / Assistant Fire Marshall will
assess the situation and ensure that it is safe for the Emergency Response Team
to physically enter the confined Space.

Field Safety Officers will secure the area as directed by the CCC HSE Manager
and will control access as required.

The Emergency Response Team will divide themselves into their predetermined
teams/roles, one team to enter the vessel led by a member of the Emergency
Response Team who has sufficient training to assist the extrication and the other
team will set up the necessary resources to execute a rescue.

Upon entering the Confined Space, the Emergency Response Team will assess
the worker and determine the type of extrication best suited for the medical
condition as guided by the Medical Team.

The injured worker will then be hoisted up by the winch to the nearest suitable
exit point where members from the Emergency Response Team will safely move
the injured worker out of the confined space.

Once the injured worker is out of the confined space and placed on the platform
and if within crane reach, the stretcher will be rigged and lifted from the platform
by means of the crane.

However, if it is not possible for the crane to reach the platform, the injured
worker would be lowered by using the existing lifting configuration, which is the
winch, to a lower platform, from which a crane lift is possible.

The injured worker will then be transported to the CCC Medical Center or on the
recommendation of the Medical Doctor, to the local hospital for treatment.

The security team will ensure that a safe and open vehicle access is established
for the emergency vehicles in and out of the site if necessary.

The incident area will than be preserved for investigations.

Line of Communication
Emergency
Serious Medical
Condition such as
stroke, heart attack,
heat exhaustion etc.

First Aid Injury

Serious cuts

Response Required by First

Responder
o
Call the CCC HSE Manager

Action Required by call

recipient
Call the Medical Centre

Medical Doctor responds to Emergency

with Ambulance.

Call the Fire Marshall

Fire Marshall responds to Emergency

with crew and all necessary emergency
equipments to execute a safe rescue.

Proceed to scene

HSE Manager to assign personnel to

secure area and to maintain
communications with all parties.

Call the Medical Centre

Medical Doctor responds to

Emergency with Ambulance.

Call the Fire Marshall

Fire Marshall responds to

Emergency with crew and all
necessary emergency
equipments to execute a safe
rescue.

Injured worker to leave the vessel

on his own and seek medical
treatment from the CCC Medical
Centre.
Stop injured worker from bleeding.
Injured worker to leave the vessel
on his own and seek medical
treatment from the CCC Medical

No Emergency Call will be made.

No Emergency Call will be made.

Remarks

Emergency
Incapacitation such as
injuries sustained as a
result of falling from
heights etc.

Fire

Centre.
Response Required by First
Responder
o
Call the CCC HSE Manager

Action Required by call

recipient
Call the Medical Centre

Medical Doctor responds to Emergency

with Ambulance.

Call the Fire Marshall

Fire Marshall responds to Emergency

with crew and all necessary emergency
equipments to execute a safe rescue.

Proceed to scene

HSE Manager to assign personnel to

secure area and to maintain
communications with all parties.

Remarks

Call the Medical Centre

Medical Doctor responds to

Emergency with Ambulance.

Call the Fire Marshall

Fire Marshall responds to

Emergency with crew and all
necessary emergency
equipments to execute a safe
rescue.

Call the CCC HSE Manager

Call the Medical Centre

Medical Doctor responds to Emergency

with Ambulance.

Call the Fire Marshall

Fire Marshall responds to Emergency

with crew and all necessary emergency
equipments to execute a safe rescue.

Proceed to scene

HSE Manager to assign personnel to

secure area and to maintain

communications with all parties.

Emergency
Fire (Continued)

Response Required by First

Responder
o
Call the Fire Marshall

Action Required by call

recipient
Fire Marshall responds to
Emergency with crew and all
necessary emergency
equipments to execute a safe
rescue.

Remarks