| Company Name | Southern Water/HB Tunnelling |
| Location | Isle of Wight |
| Timeframe | 4 Weeks (August 2021) |
| Overview | Confined Space Consultancy & High Risk Confined Space Rescue Team Provision |
| Solutions Delivered | Production of Confined Space Risk Assessment for Collapsed Sewer System & 15m Sewer Shaft. Provision of Emergency Rescue Team for Tunnelling Operations in Sewer System. |
| Requirement | |
| Key Topic (previous examples include ‘Workable Rescue Plans’ ‘Clinical Governance’ ‘Testing Casualty Extraction’ ‘Rescue Training’ etc) | HFR Solutions were contacted to provide a specialist confined space rescue team for challenging (dangerous) tunnelling operations after a significant underground collapse on the main live sewer system on the Isle of Wight. Southern Water had contracted the high risk work out to HB Tunnelling and HFR Solutions to access a 15-metre sewer shaft to allow tunnelling repair work to commence. During the initial meetings to discuss the urgent mobilisation of equipment and personnel to the Isle of Wight, it became clear that HFR Solutions, due to their extensive confined space & tunnelling consultancy expertise, were best placed to write the Confined Space Risk Assessment for the sewer shaft and subsequent sewer tunnelling operations. |
| Outcomes | Confined Space Risk Assessment Produced. Specialist High Risk Confined Space/Tunnelling Rescue Team Provided |
| Solution | |
| Client Testimonial | |
| HFR Solutions Comment | Shaun Lyons, Operations Director – We knew from the outset that this sewer tunnelling project was going to be challenging due to the nature and magnitude of the collapse. We documented a robust risk assessment for the overall project and ensured stringent safety measures were followed throughout the tunnelling operations, with HFR Solutions having to withdraw teams on several occasions to manage and mitigate contaminated atmospheric conditions due to sewerage waste seeping into the ground 15 metres below ground level. The rescue teams experience was essential under such challenging conditions but working collaboratively with our partners, the project was concluded safely and efficiently to allow critical infrastructure to be reinstated on the island. |
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