Rescue Team Practice
To make sure the rescue team can most effectively perform their critical duties, the employer must make sure all affected employees practice making simulated permit space rescues in the same types of confined spaces they will encounter before attempting an actual rescue.
All affected employees should practice making simulated permit space rescues.
Important points to remember include:
- Simulated rescue operations should include removing dummies, manikins, or actual persons from the actual permit spaces or from representative permit spaces.
- Practice rescue is not required where the affected employees properly performed a successful rescue operation during the last 12 months in the same permit space the authorized entrant will enter, or in a similar permit space.
- Representative simulated permit spaces must have the same opening size, configuration, and accessibility as the actual permit spaces for which training is being conducted.
- Simulated permit rescues must be conducted at least once every 12 months. Training should also occur whenever there is a change in the nature of the hazards, configuration of the permit space, or deemed necessary by the employer.
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