Confined space entry station

A gas monitor mount for a manway entrance to a confined space, comprising:

• a back plate configured to removably attach to the manway of the confined space;
• a gas monitor holder connected to the back plate;
• a probe holding arm comprising a connecting segment and a probe holding segment, the probe holding arm comprises a deployed position and a stored position, the connecting segment is connected to the probe holding segment, the probe holding segment is transverse to the connecting segment;
• the connecting segment is pivotally connected to the back plate and extends beyond the back plate when the probe holding arm is in the deployed position;
• and,
• the probe holding segment comprises a surface for supporting a probe, the probe holding segment extends transverse to the back plate when the probe holding arm is in the deployed position.

A method of monitoring a confined space for hazardous gas, comprising the steps of:

• attaching a back plate of a gas monitor mount at one or more apertures of a manway opening,
• pivoting a probe holding arm, about a probe holding arm connection to the back plate, to locate the probe holding arm adjacent to an internal sidewall of the manway in an upper half of the manway opening;
• and,
• activating a gas monitor mounted to the back plate to draw air through a tubular probe supported by the probe holding arm extending through the manway opening and into the confined space.