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816 Confined Space Safety in Construction
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Rescue and Emergency Services

Develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services (including procedures for summoning emergency assistance in the event of a failed non-entry rescue), for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue.

Emergency rescue training
Develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services.

Administering Entry Permits

Develop and implement a system for the preparation, issuance, use, and cancellation of entry permits as required by this standard, including the safe termination of entry operations under both planned and emergency conditions.

Coordinating Multi-Employer Entry Operations

The employees of one employer must not endanger the employees of another employer while working in a permit space. When employees of more than one employer are working simultaneously in a permit space or elsewhere on the worksite the employer must:

  • develop and implement procedures to coordinate multi-employer entry operations
  • consult multi-employer permit space operations with the controlling contractor

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

2-9. What must an employer do when employees of more than one employer are working simultaneously in a permit space?