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safety concerns and reporting problems promptly?
    * Have new work methods or new equipment made the job safer?
    * Are safety procedures being followed?
    * Has instruction and training provided to workers been successful?
    * If new legislation or new information becomes available, does it indicate current controls may no longer be the most effective?
    * Is any change planned to any plant or structure that may create a confined space or change the nature of an existing confined space?
    * Has an incident occurred as a result of work carried out in a confined space?
If problems are found, go back to any point in the risk management process, review the information and revise any decisions about controls measures.

APPENDIX A – CONFINED SPACE CRITERIA

                                                                            Confined space criteria                                           Confined space?
       * Description of the space and activity                              A                                                                 B                                                                                                         C                                    D  If the answer to A, B, C and at least one of D is yes, then the space is a confined space.

Is the space enclosed or partially enclosed                                 Is the space not designed or intended to be occupied by a person  Is the space designed or intended to be, at normal atmospheric pressure while any person is in the space  Does the space present a risk from:

Harmful airborne or flammable contaminants                                  An unsafe oxygen level                                            Engulfment
Sewer with access via a vertical ladder                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Yes

Dislodging grain from a silo with sole access through a manhole at the top                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Yes

Cleaning spilled cadmium pigment powder in a shipping container                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Yes

Inspecting a fuel tank in the wing of an aircraft                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Yes

Dislodging a sludge blockage in a drain pit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Yes

Internal inspection of a new, clean tank prior to commissioning                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          No

Internal inspection of an empty cement silo through a door at ground level                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               No

Stocktake using an LPG forklift in a fruit cool store                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    No

Installing insulation in a roof cavity                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   No

APPENDIX B – SAMPLE CONFINED SPACE ENTRY PERMIT

LIST OF AMENDMENTS
Date              Page Number  Amendments

19 February 2014  Front cover  Publication date changed from first published date of December 2011 to republished date of February 2014.

19 February 2014  10           Section 64 corrected to Regulation 64 in PDF version only.