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 Factor VIII
    
Location: tu5t1n
Gender: Male
The Legacy
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< on 9/4/2004 6:01 AM >
|  | | | I was wondering why is it that the people that work in manholes always have those yellow blowers next to them, (a fresh source of air). Yet people that go draining seem to do fine without them. I suppose it might have something to do with the liabilty for the poeple that go in the manholes. But im not sure.
-John
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Mark
  
Very Noble Donor
Location: South Carolina
Gender: Male
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| | Re: Air blowers
<Reply # 1 on 9/4/2004 6:07 AM >
| | | | Your probably right. Liability, constant exsposure etc. I personally would dig having a few of those in my closet if I were a drainer.
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Macsbug
Noble Donor
Location: St. Paul, MN
Gender: Male
Safety First!
| | | Re: Air blowers
<Reply # 2 on 9/4/2004 6:12 AM >
| | | | Oftentimes manholes will not lead to big open tunnel systems from which air can flow easily through, but they will lead to Vault rooms, where stagnant air, gasses which displace air, etc., can build up, and present a hazard. Plus OSHA would have a fit. If it's your job, and you are provided with safety gear, and you can waste time while it's airing out anyways, why not?
"Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." |
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darkism
Gender: Male
hop on the bandwagon
| | Re: Air blowers
<Reply # 3 on 9/4/2004 6:16 AM >
| | | | Also, drainers usually stick to storm drains which don't have nearly as much toxic shit [no pun intended] and bad air in them as sanitary sewers.
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IIVQ
 
Location: La Sud-Est du cité majeur du North-Holland (Bijlmer), .NL
Gender: Male
Back in Urbex!
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<Reply # 4 on 9/4/2004 7:17 AM >
| | | | Posted by darkism
... as sanitary sewers.
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Which will most certainly not have any Vault rooms.
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MacGyver
Location: St Paul, Minnesota
Gender: Male
"Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"
| | Re: Air blowers
<Reply # 5 on 9/4/2004 8:56 AM >
| | | | Darkism's barking up the wrong tree in this case. Macsbug and Mark have the right idea, however. When you see a manhole with a blower next to it, chances are it leads to a small room, not a tunnel of any sort. these rooms, referred to as vaults, are known for building up unpleasant mixtures of gasses. CO from car exhaust is heavier than air and will fall through the holes in a manhole cover, accumulating in the vault. The blowers are used to replace this foul atmosphere with [relatively] fresh air for the safety of the workers and also to reduce the risk of other problems, such as an electrical worker inadvertantly igniting a layer of accumulated explosive gasses.
The majority of [large] drains and sewers have their own air currents, making a blower ineffective. The workers are at the mercy of whatever the current drags along. In drains, it;s usually somewhat fresh air that has been sucked in through grates and gutterboxes. In sewers, it's usually unpleasant foul air with a spooky mixture of gasses. Sewer workers take many more precautions that other underground workers, such as being attached to a rope with a body harness when possible so that a collapsed worker can be winched out by attentive safety workers monitoring operations from the safety of the topside world.
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Chronic
Very Noble Donor
Location: Kitchener, ON
Gender: Male
Architecture has only two enemies. Water and stupid men.
| | Re: Air blowers
<Reply # 6 on 9/4/2004 1:08 PM >
| | | | Air blowers are part of OHSA's "Confined Space Entry" requirements.
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nostra-YOUPPI!
Umpire
Location: Shahre:'on Kaybec
Bonsoir et cest partie
| | Re: Air blowers
<Reply # 7 on 9/4/2004 7:29 PM >
| | | | when i did my cableing course and stage with entourage is was part of the safety procedures and if you didnt verify the air quality CO you could be reprimanded
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Skaught
Location: Calgary
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Air blowers
<Reply # 8 on 9/5/2004 6:15 AM >
| | | | I am certified for confined space entry. Took a simple one day course and now I have a little certificate I carry in my wallet. I did some engineering stuff at a few gas plants and they require it.
I have yet to use it during UE as a credibility prop tho.
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SPEK Photo
Location: Where you were not.
"Chere cachère!"
| | | Re: Air blowers
<Reply # 9 on 9/7/2004 2:25 AM >
| | | | H2S is the main problem in sewer, vault room and many underground tunnel system.
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ultralazer
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
| | Re: Air blowers
<Reply # 10 on 9/7/2004 2:59 AM >
| | | | Posted by Rev. Skaught
I am certified for confined space entry. Took a simple one day course and now I have a little certificate I carry in my wallet. I did some engineering stuff at a few gas plants and they require it.
I have yet to use it during UE as a credibility prop tho.
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oh man, sign me up.
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nostra-YOUPPI!
Umpire
Location: Shahre:'on Kaybec
Bonsoir et cest partie
| | Re: Air blowers
<Reply # 12 on 9/7/2004 12:31 PM >
| | | | in reference to sewer gas, last weekend 3 people died in quebec due to gas exposure while working on a septic tank
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SPEK Photo
Location: Where you were not.
"Chere cachère!"
| | | Re: Air blowers
<Reply # 13 on 9/7/2004 10:20 PM >
| | | | Posted by exposfan
in reference to sewer gas, last weekend 3 people died in quebec due to gas exposure while working on a septic tank
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They died within 10 sec. when they reached the the bottom of the pit. There was low oxygen in the air and lots of H2S, in low concentration H2S can be ok, but in a septic tank from a huge camping site...
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mewthree
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Air blowers
<Reply # 14 on 9/15/2004 1:09 AM >
| | | | When I saw the title of this thread... I was picturing a leaf blower that people use to clean their drive ways with...
I once or twice saw sewer workers in a man hole with a truck parked up next to it and they had a huge spool of plastic piping on the truck sort of like dryer piping leading down the man hole. Maybe this was an "air blower" also.
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Skaught
Location: Calgary
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Air blowers
<Reply # 15 on 9/15/2004 1:30 AM >
| | | | The confined space course cost me $100, well er my employer paid $100.
Anyone who works in the oilfield out here has to have it and also the H2S cert. I did not get the H2S cert as I quit the week before my course and ended up working not in the oil patch.
You can also take confined space rescue courses which cost more but they would make a kickass credibility prop. I think most sewer workers have that cert too.
If you ever come to Calgary then email [email protected] and you'll be made welcome, taken to locations and given free accommodation. We'll help save you the $$$ you spend on the flight over here :) |
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