Safety and health in confined spaces goes beyond all other resources currently available international in scope the 15 chapters and 10 appendices cover every facet of this important subject a significant addition to the literature this book provides a confined space focus to other health and safety concepts. Safety and health in confined spaces goes beyond all other resources currently available international in scope the 15 chapters and 10 appendices cover every facet of this important subject a significant addition to the literature this book provides a confined space focus to other health and safety concepts. Confined spaces represent an often unrecognized source of potentially serious injuries in workplaces throughout the world the mere fact that a work area is restricted in some fashion difficult entry small volume or filled with obstacles can turn a more commonplace event such as a slip trip or fall into a serious injury or fatality. An analysis of occupational safety and health administration osha data from the us during the period 1974 1990 determined a fatality rate of 64 confined space deaths per year 41 of which were