Confined Space Safety Manhole Skirt Barrier

Confined Space Safety Skirt Barrier

The Manhole Skirt Barrier manufactured by CableSafe is used by the largest oil and gas multinationals to secure their manholes during maintenance and installation applications. This product can be adjusted in length, available in different sizes and prevents confined space entry. These protection barriers are made of robust materials but besides that the skirt barrier is easy to install and makes custom size possible in the different working environments.

The Manhole Skirt barriers are unique in the fact that it can be used in non-round and non-square manhole openings. It differs from a man-way cross barrier for example it can be extended according to the size of the manhole and can be used for multiple kinds of surfaces. So whether the surfaces are wood, rubber or metal this confined space safety manhole skirt barrier can be used and without damage to the product at all.

Thorne & Derrick stock and distribute an extensive range of Confined Space Entry Products and Equipment to mitigate potentially life-threatening dangers such as flammable gases, dangerous chemicals and other hazards – this ensures people are safe at all times and also provides the correct rescue equipment to meet the legislative requirements.

Confined Space safety Manhole

Skirt Features

• These manhole barriers operate effectively with openings made of metal, wood, masonry / brick, polycarbonate / rubber / plastic.
• The Manhole Skirt Barrier is very robust and can withstand extreme weather and chemical conditions.
• The Manhole Skirt Barrier works excellently in all openings made of different materials (metal, wood, masonry, brick, polycarbonate, rubber, plastic, etc.)
• Manhole Skirt Barrier is made of aluminum with a high quality powder coating and 3M reflective tape.
• The Manhole Skirt Barrier can be adjusted in size using M16 adjustable foot with plastic swivel base with ball joint.
• The rubber feet of the manhole entry make sure the Manhole Skirt Barrier remains firmly in place and will not harm other material.
• Manhole Skirt Barrier is 100% recyclable. This makes the manhole barrier sustainable.

Used in mainly oil and gas industries, this manhole skirt barrier is available in different sizes and is easy to install.

Signs & Sizes

Manhole Skirt Barrier is supplied with a safety sign. We have three different options. Sign 2 is available in NL (Dutch), FR (French), GB (English), ESP (Spanish) and IT (Italian)

Available sizes
Sign 15 cm round reflective

• 25-45 cm
• 45-64 cm

Sign 20 cm round reflective

Lock Optional for barriers

Locks can be provided on request for easy handling and/or locking of the confined space protection barrier. Available with Lockout Tagout.

How Not To make a manhole barrier

CableSafe Confined Space Safety products significantly reduce accidents in confined spaces. According to OSHA, confined space work is one of the leading causes for occupational fatalities in the U.S.

We see that in some cases alternative solutions are chosen (see image below). Unofficial / improvised solutions are never as good and reliable as CableSafe Confined Space Safety products. We would always recommend the use of official Confined Space products for confined space safety like protection barriers.

Manhole skirt barrier Benefits

• Provide OSHA required warnings with Manhole Skirt Barrier
• Halt unauthorized entry with Manhole Skirt Barrier
• Manhole Skirt Barrier is easy to use / easy to install
• Manhole Skirt Barrier is ultra durable
• Mahole Skirt Barrier is a guard against weather & debris
• Manhole Skirt Barrier is a manhole protection system

A big advantage of the Manhole Skirt Barrier is that the safety barrier can be placed on non-round or non-square openings. This makes the Manhole Skirt Barrier more flexible over other manhole barriers.

CABLE SAFETY EQUIPMENT

CableSafe® Safety solutions are critical cable essentials and is well proven construction safety products. The CableSafe® range of cable hooks can be used during maintenance, turnaround, outages, shutdowns, construction work to suspend cables and hoses and other work gear and equipment from the working space.

Thorne & Derrick supply the complete range of Safety Tools & Equipment to enable safe working in sectors such as the construction, renewables, data centres, rail, manufacturing and oil, gas, petrochemical industries – this includes Push-Pull Tools for the safe manoeuvring of suspended loads to prevent pinch-point injury.

Data Sheets

• CableSafe Manhole Skirt Confined Space Barrier Data Sheet v2.3 (1)
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