Confined Space Equipment
The employer must provide PSP equipment at no cost to each employee, maintain that equipment properly, and ensure that each employee uses that equipment properly.
Review items you may typically find when entering a permit space.
Equipment for use under the PSP includes:
- Hazardous atmosphere testing and monitoring equipment;
- Ventilating equipment needed to obtain acceptable entry conditions;
- Communications equipment including any necessary electronic communication equipment for attendants assessing entrants' status in multiple spaces;
- Personal protective equipment insofar as feasible engineering and work-practice controls do not adequately protect employees;
- Lighting equipment that meets the minimum illumination requirements and is approved for the ignitable or combustible properties of the specific gas, vapor, dust, or fiber that will be present, and that is sufficient to enable employees to see well enough to work safely and to exit the space quickly in an emergency;
- Barriers and shields as required;
- Equipment, such as ladders, needed for safe ingress and egress by authorized entrants;
- Rescue and emergency equipment; and
- Any other equipment necessary for safe entry into, safe exit from, and rescue from, permit spaces.
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