Confined Space Attendant Responsiblities
The attendant should be stationed outside the workspace and should:
- Be knowledgeable of, and be able to recognize potential confined space hazards;
- Maintain a sign-in/sign-out log with a count of all persons in the confined space and ensure all entrants sign-in/sign-out;
The attendant should be stationed outside the workspace.
- Monitor surrounding activities to ensure the safety of personnel;
- Maintain effective and continuous communication with personnel during confined space entry, work and exit;
- Order personnel to evacuate the confined space if he/she:
- Observes a condition that is not allowed on the entry permit;
- Notices the entrants acting strangely, possibly as a result of exposure to hazardous substances;
- Notices a situation outside the confined space which could endanger personnel;
- Detects within the confined space a hazard that has not been previously recognized or taken into consideration;
- Must leave his/her work station; or
- Must focus attention on the rescue of personnel in some other confined space that he/she is monitoring;
- Immediately summon the Rescue Team if crew rescue becomes necessary; and
- Keep unauthorized persons out of the confined space, order them out, or notify authorized personnel of the unauthorized entry.
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2-5. Who is responsible for ensuring all confined space entrants sign in and sign out?
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