I knew an onsite system parts vendor was going to be in the area inspecting one of their installations and I wanted to meet him to pick up a part. When I arrived at the site, the person’s truck was there, but I could not find him. Then I walked around the corner and saw a ladder sticking out of the access cover of the tank.
I yelled down into the tank and when he responded, I admonished him for being down there without any proper confined-space entry protocol. He said he didn’t smell anything at all so he "knew" he was
