If telephone service is not readily available, immediately notify the Service Desk via radio for assistance in contacting Police. No employee shall work in confined spaces unless they have been trained in confined space entry and understand this policy. Because of trade specialization, the immediate supervisor is best qualified to give specific confined space entry training. Permanent training records will be maintained by the Training Office and a copy maintained by the supervisor. When the supervisor issues a Confined Space Entry Permit, the training records of the confined space entry crew shall be reviewed to ensure that the employees meet the requirements outlined in this policy.
All records are subject to review.
A contractor is a non-Facilities employee who is performing maintenance, service, repair or reconstruction work under the control of Facilities. The contractor will be apprised of the elements that make the confined space in question a permit-required space. The contractor will be apprised of any precautions or procedures that have been implemented for the protection of employees in permit-required confined spaces where the contractor will be working. The contractor must inform Facilities of the permit required confined space program that they will follow, and of any hazards confronted or created in the permit-required spaces during entry. When both Facilities and contractor employees will be working in permit-required confined spaces, the entry operations will be coordinated between Facilities and the contractor.