Confined Space Program Featured !

This procedure is designed to provide the minimum safety requirements in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s OSHA) Confined Space Standard, 1910.146.

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Table of contents

1.0         OBJECTIVE

2.0         BACKGROUND

3.0         ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY

3.1         Employer

3.2         Program Manager

3.3         Entry Supervisors

3.4         Attendants

3.5         Rescue Team

3.6         Entrants/Affected Employees

4.0         TRAINING

4.1         Training Frequency

4.2         General Training

4.3         Specific Training

4.4         Verification of Training

4.5         Training Documentation

5.0         IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDS AND EVALUATION OF CONFINED SPACES

5.1         Survey

5.2         Hazard Reevaluation

5.3         Pre-Entry Hazard Assessment

5.4         Hazard Controls

5.4.1          Engineering Controls

5.4.2          Work Practice (Administrative) Controls

5.4.3          Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

6.0         ENTRY PERMITS

6.1         Key Elements of Entry Permits

6.2         Permit Scope and Duration

7.0         ENTRY PROCEDURES

7.1         Prior to Entry

7.2         Opening a Confined Space

7.3         Atmospheric Testing

7.3.1          Evaluation Testing

7.3.2          Verification Testing

7.3.3          Acceptable Limits

7.4         Isolation and Lockout/Tagout Safeguards

7.5         Ingress/Egress Safeguards

7.6         Warning Signs and Symbols

8.0         EMERGENCY RESPONSE

8.1         Emergency Response Plan

8.2         Rescue services

8.3         Retrieval Systems and Methods of Non-Entry Rescue

8.4         Multiple Employer Procedures

9.0         ATTACHMENT A – SAMPLE PROCESS DUTY ROSTER

10.0      ATTACHMENT B – CONFINED SPACE ENTRY PERMIT