Safety Manual

Confined Space

Regulation 29 CFR 1910.146 https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_id=9797&p_table=STANDARDS 29 CFR 1926.1202 https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1926/1926.1202 A Confined Space is a space that: 1. is large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter and perform assigned work; and 2. has limited or restricted means for entry or exit (for example, tanks, vessels, silos, storage bins, hoppers, vaults, pits); and 3. is not designed for continuous employee occupancy A Permit Required Confined Space is a space that meets all of the criteria above as well as one or more of the following: 1. contains or has a potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere 2. contains a material that has the potential of engulfing an entrant 3. has an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a floor which slows downward and tapers to a smaller cross section 4. contains any other recognized hazard Purpose The purpose of the Confined Space section is to increase the safety of our company employees and onsite contractor(s) by establishing appropriate procedures for identifying, classifying and managing confined spaces in our operations, facilities and/or jobsites. Scope The objective of this section is to protect employees from injury upon entry into a confined space. Work will not begin in a confined space until the potential hazards have been identified, eliminated or minimized, and a proper classification of the space has been made. Employees will not enter a confined space until the requirements of this section, have been implemented. All employees are required to follow the procedures outlined in this section. Any deviations from this must be immediately brought to the attention of the superintendent and the safety coordinator. This section applies to all employees and onsite contractor(s) during maintenance, repair, cleaning, construction or other activities that take place in the confined space(s).

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