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816 Confined Space Safety in Construction
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Attendant Duties

The entry employer must ensure that each attendant:

  • Is properly trained to be familiar with and understand the hazards that may be faced during entry. Training must include information on the mode, signs or symptoms, and consequences of the exposure.
  • Is aware of possible behavioral effects of hazard exposure in authorized entrants.
  • Continuously maintains an accurate count of authorized entrants in the permit space and ensures that the means to identify authorized entrants in the permit space is accurate.
Attendant Duties
  • Remains outside the permit space during entry operations until relieved by another attendant. After an attendant has been relieved by another attendant, the relieved attendant may enter a permit space to attempt a rescue when the employer's permit space program allows attendant entry for rescue and the attendant has been trained and equipped for rescue operations.
  • Communicates with authorized entrants as necessary to assess entrant status and to alert entrants of the need to evacuate the space.
  • Assesses activities and conditions inside and outside the space to determine if it is safe for entrants to remain in the space.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

5-6. What must an entry employer ensure each attendant is doing?