Confined Space Program
The permit space program must establish a system for preparing, using, and canceling entry permits, which are written or printed documents that allow and control entry into permit spaces. A key provision of the program is that a competent person must evaluate and identify permit spaces.
A competent person must evaluate the work site and identify confined spaces.
A permit space program must:
- Implement measures to prevent unauthorized entry;
- Identify and evaluate permit space hazards before allowing employee entry;
- Provide for the atmospheric conditions in the permit space to be tested before entry operations and for the space to be monitored during entry;
- Require appropriate testing for the following atmospheric hazards in this sequence: oxygen, combustible gases or vapors, and toxic gases or vapors;
- Establish and implement the means, procedures and practices to eliminate or control hazards necessary for safe permit space entry operations;
- Identify employee job duties;
- Provide and maintain, at no cost to the employee, personal protective equipment and any other equipment necessary for safe entry, and require employees to use the equipment properly;
- Ensure that at least one attendant is stationed outside the permit space during entry operations;
- Implement the procedures that any attendant who is required to monitor multiple spaces will follow during an emergency in one or more of those spaces;
- Coordinate entry operations (in consultation with the controlling contractor) when employees of more than one employer are working in the permit space; and
- Establish procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services and preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting rescue.
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11-6. What is a key provision in the construction confined space rule?
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