confined spaces
Narrow enclosed areas
Confined spaces are enclosed or partially enclosed areas not designed for continuous human occupancy, with limited entry and exit points.
The term appears most often in workplace safety contexts, where such spaces—tanks, silos, sewers, storage bins—pose hazards from poor ventilation, toxic atmospheres, or physical entrapment: Workers entering confined spaces must follow lockout procedures.
- mineshaftVertical excavation for ore
- caveUnderground hollow in rock
- crawlspaceShallow accessible foundation area
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- entrapmentDefense against induced criminality
submarine · tank · cells · chamber · elevator · tomb · coffin · airlock · enclosure · tight squeeze · emergency response · hard hat · rescue operations · compartment · cistern · suffocating · airless · no exit
- safetysafety helmet, hazard, airbag, alert, occupational safety
- fearsspiders, snakes, falling, heights, death
- workplace safetyworkplace safety, PPE, safety standards, worker safety, goggles
- farm safetyfarm safety, injury prevention, safety training, protective gear, PPE
- Industrial Hazardsexplosions, fires, chemical burns, toxic fumes, gas leaks
- worksite hazardselectrocution, cave-in, falling objects, chemical exposure, asbestos
confined spaceswide open spaces
Expansive uncluttered landscapes
open spaces · open terrain · open air · open ground · open country
confined spacesfreedom
Absence of constraint
openness · spaciousness · breathing room · elbow room · expansiveness
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