Manhole safety device
Independent waste management group CSG, whose business includes a major off-mains drainage maintenance operation, plans to deploy a new “potentially life-saving” device specifically designed to prevent falls into open septic tank manholes.
The Manhole Safety Barrier (MSB) has been devised in-house by the company’s health & safety manager Kevin Mooney who said early trials of the device carried out by CSG operatives had produced “a very positive response.”
It reduces the opening size of a manhole and minimises the risk of an operator being able to fall through to the bottom of the pit. But the barrier still allows unimpeded access for emptying and clearing equipment like vacuum pumps.
The barrier consists of one fixed position tube and two which are hinged and allow the frame to form a cross shape which is designed to be securely locked into position from corner to corner of the manhole. It takes only minutes to assemble.
