# Presentation: 356190

##  PERMIT REQUIRED CONFINED SPACES

## 29 CFR 1910.146
(Code of Federal Regulations for General Industry)

US DOC Occupational Safety and Health Program Manual Chapter 16

- (Code of Federal Regulations for General Industry)
- US DOC Occupational Safety and Health Program Manual Chapter 16

## PURPOSE OF PROGRAM

- TO IDENTIFY & EXPOSE INHERENT DANGER OF CONFINED SPACES
- PROVIDE STRICT GUIDELINES TO PERSONNEL OPERATING IN A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT
- GREATLY REDUCE THE RISK OF POTENTIAL INJURY AND/OR DEATH

## SCOPE AND APPLICATION

- Requirements to protect employees in from the hazards of entry into “permit-required” confined spaces.

## SCOPE AND APPLICATION

_**DOES NOT APPLY TO:**_
- Agriculture	(29 CFR 1928)
- Construction	(29 CFR 1926)
- Shipyard employment	(29 CFR 1915)

## DEFINITIONS

## SPACES  THAT ARE :

NOT DESIGNED FOR ROUTINE OCCUPANCY
LIMITED OR RESTRICTED MEANS FOR ENTRY OR EXIT

- NOT DESIGNED FOR ROUTINE OCCUPANCY
- LIMITED OR RESTRICTED MEANS FOR ENTRY OR EXIT

## PERSONNEL CAN ENTER TO PERFORM ASSIGNED JOB-RELATED TASKS

## ANY PART OF THE ENTRANT’S BODY THAT BREAKS THE PLANE OF AN OPENING TO A “PERMIT-REQUIRED” CONFINED SPACE

## Atmosphere that may expose employees to the risk of death, incapacitation, impairment of ability to self-rescue, injury or acute illness from one or more of the following:

## Flammable gas, vapor or mist in excess of 10 % of its lower explosive limit
Airborne combustible dust at a concentration that meets or exceeds its lower explosive limit

- Flammable gas, vapor or mist in excess of 10 % of its lower explosive limit
- Airborne combustible dust at a concentration that meets or exceeds its lower explosive limit

## Atmospheric oxygen concentration below 19.5 % or above 23.5 %
A concentration of any substance that exceeds the permissible exposure limits

- A concentration of any substance that exceeds the permissible exposure limits

## EMPLOYER’S WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION TO PERFORM OPERATIONS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING A SOURCE OF IGNITION

 (for example:  riveting, welding, cutting, burning and heating)

-  (for example:  riveting, welding, cutting, burning and heating)

## Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health

Any condition that poses an immediate or delayed threat to life or that would cause irreversible adverse health effects

- Any condition that poses an immediate or delayed threat to life or that would cause _***irreversible***_ adverse health effects

## A confined space that does not contain or have the potential to contain any hazard capable of causing death or serious physical harm

## ATMOSPHERE CONTAINING LESS THAN 19.5 % OXYGEN DEATH CAN OCCUR

**ATMOSPHERE CONTAINING LESS THAN 19.5 % OXYGEN ****DEATH CAN OCCUR**

## ATMOSPHERE CONTAINING MORE THAN 23.5 % OXYGEN DEATH CAN OCCUR

## This is a space that contains one or more of the following characteristics :
Contains or has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere
Contains a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant
Has an internal configuration that could trap or asphyxiate an entrant 
Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard

- Contains or has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere
- Contains a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant
- Has an internal configuration that could trap or asphyxiate an entrant
- Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard

## AN INDIVIDUAL (SUCH AS FOREMAN, OIC, CHIEF, ETC.) RESPONSIBLE FOR:
DETERMINING IF ACCEPTABLE ENTRY CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT
 AUTHORIZING ENTRY 
OVERSEEING ENTRY OPERATIONS

- DETERMINING IF ACCEPTABLE ENTRY CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT
-  AUTHORIZING ENTRY
- OVERSEEING ENTRY OPERATIONS

## AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS AUTHORIZED BY THE EMPLOYER TO ENTER A PERMIT SPACE

## AN INDIVIDUAL STATIONED OUTSIDE ONE OR MORE PERMIT SPACES WHO MONITORS THE AUTHORIZED ENTRANTS AND WHO PERFORMS ALL ATTENDANT’S DUTIES ASSIGNED IN THE WRITTEN PERMIT SPACE PROGRAM

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Knows the hazards that may be faced during entry
Verifies by checking that the appropriate tests specified by the permit have been conducted 

- Knows the hazards that may be faced during entry
- Verifies by checking that the appropriate tests specified by the permit have been conducted

## Ensures all procedures and equipment specified by the permit are in place 
Terminates the entry and cancels the permit as required

- Terminates the entry and cancels the permit as required

## Verifies rescue services are available and means for summoning them are operable
Removes unauthorized personnel who attempt to enter the permit space
Ensures entry operations remain consistent with terms of the entry permit

- Removes unauthorized personnel who attempt to enter the permit space
- Ensures entry operations remain consistent with terms of the entry permit

## Know the hazards that may be faced during entry
Properly use equipment (i.e. testing, ventilating, communications, PPE, lighting, barriers, rescue and emergency)

- Properly use equipment (i.e. testing, ventilating, communications, PPE, lighting, barriers, rescue and emergency)

- Communicate with attendants as necessary
- Alert attendant when:
- He/she recognizes any warning sign or symptom of exposure
- He/she detects a prohibited condition

## Exit from the permit space as quickly as possible whenever:

- An order to evacuate is given
- He/she recognizes any warning sign or symptom of exposure
- He/she detects a prohibited condition
- An evacuation alarm is activated

## Knows hazards that may be faced during entry
Is aware of possible behavioral effects of exposure in authorized entrants
Continuously maintains an accurate count of authorized entrants

- Is aware of possible behavioral effects of exposure in authorized entrants
- Continuously maintains an accurate count of authorized entrants

## Remains outside the permit space during entry operations 
Ensures that the means used to identify authorized entrants accurately identifies who is in the permit space
Communicates with authorized entrants to monitor entrant status
Alert entrants of the need to evacuate space if needed

- Ensures that the means used to identify authorized entrants accurately identifies who is in the permit space
- Communicates with authorized entrants to monitor entrant status
- Alert entrants of the need to evacuate space if needed

## Monitors activities inside and outside the space to determine if it is safe for entrants to remain in space and orders authorized entrants to evaluate the permit space immediately under any of the following conditions:

- Detection of a prohibited condition
- If the authorized entrant exhibits behavioral changes
- Detection outside the space that could endanger the authorized entrants
- If the attendant cannot effectively and safety perform all of his/her duties

## PERMIT

- ONE COPY TO BE POSTED AT THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO THE SPACE
- ONE COPY TO BE POSTED AT ALL OTHER ENTRY POINTS WHICH ARE OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE TO PERSONNEL

## TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

- Qualified persons using direct reading instruments are required to be trained in:
- Calibrating and using monitoring equipment
- Determining appropriate engineering methods to eliminate hazards
- Determining severity of hazards
- Developing entry plan
- How to train entrants and attendants and supervisors

## CONFINED SPACE EMERGENCIES

## CONFINED SPACE EMERGENCIES (CONT)

- _DO NOT ENTER __THE SPACE TO SAVE THE VICTIM!!_
- _REMOVE/HOIST PERSONNEL BY LIFELINE WHEN AVAILABLE _
- _CALL EMERGENCY RESCUE IMMEDIATELY_

## CONFINED SPACE EMERGENCIES (CONT)

- _STATE THAT A CONFINED SPACE EMERGENCY HAS OCCURRED_
- _ __GIVE SPECIFIC LOCATION AND ANY OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION_
- _REQUEST EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM _

## QUESTIONS

- IF YOU DO HAVE A CONFINED SPACE OR A “PERMIT REQUIRED” CONFINED SPACE AND NEED HELP, CONTACT YOUR
- REGIONAL SAFETY MANAGER