Develop a Rescue Plan
Before employees enter a permit space, the employer must have a procedure for removing them when they are unable to evacuate.
The employer must have a procedure for removing employees when they are unable to evacuate.
- The procedure must include the process for summoning rescue services and transporting injured entrants to a medical facility.
- Safety Data Sheets (SDS) must be kept at worksites.
- If an entrant is exposed to a hazardous substance, that written material must be made available to the treating medical facility.
Non-Entry Rescue
Non-entry rescue is required unless the retrieval equipment would increase the overall risk of entry or would not contribute to the rescue of the entrant.
- The employer must designate an entry rescue service whenever non-entry rescue is not selected.
- Whenever non-entry rescue is selected, the entry employer must ensure that retrieval systems or methods are used whenever an authorized entrant enters a permit space.
- The employer must confirm, prior to entry, that emergency assistance would be available in the event that non-entry rescue fails.
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6-2. When must the employer confirm that emergency assistance would be available in the event that non-entry rescue fails?
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