Testing for Hazardous Atmospheres
The employer should follow these procedures when testing for hazardous atmospheres within a permit space:
Test: Test for hazardous atmospheres in the following order:
- Oxygen level
- Flammable/combustible gases and vapors
- Toxic gases and vapors
To help you remember this order, just remember "OFT".
Remember "OFT" to remember the order in testing for hazardous conditions within a permit space.
- Provide each authorized entrant or that employee's authorized representative an opportunity to observe the pre-entry and any subsequent testing or monitoring of permit spaces;
- Re-evaluate the permit space in the presence of any authorized entrant or that employee's authorized representative who requests that the employer conduct such reevaluation because there is some indication that the evaluation of that space may not have been adequate; and,
- Immediately provide each authorized entrant or that employee's authorized representative with the results of any testing conducted.
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2-6. Which procedure should the employer follow when testing for hazardous atmospheres within a permit space?
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