What Governs Confined Space Entry?
State and Federal Occupational Health & Safety Regulations
OSHA - 29 CFR 1910.146 - Permit-required confined spaces
• Promulgated January 14, 1993 - “Final Rule”
• Amended 1998
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Training & Education
Employer must provide training for all workers
who are required to work in permit required
spaces before initial work assignment
Upon completing the training, assure that
employees have adequate knowledge, and
skills necessary for safe performance of their
duties.
What is an OSHA Confined Space
An OSHA “Confined Space” must meet all three(3) conditions to be a “Confined Space”.
1) It is large enough and so arranged that an employee can “bodily enter” and perform work.
2) Has limited or restricted means of entry/exit 3) Is not designed for continuous occupancy
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What is an OSHA
“Permit Required”
Confined
Space?
A confined space that has one
or more of the following
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 such that an entrant
could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly
converging walls or by a floor which slopes
downward and tapers to a smaller cross-section.
Contains any other recognized serious safety or
health hazards.
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The primary difference between a “Confined
Space” and a “Permit Required Confined
Space” (PRCS) is a PRCS has hazards that can
cause serious bodily harm or death
Examples of hazards that can cause
serious bodily harm or death.
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Actual or Potential hazardous atmosphere
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Exposed mechanical parts that can: pinch,
cut, crush.
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Electrical shock
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Extreme Heat/Humidity
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Prior to entry into a permit required
confined space the first step is to review
the profile for the space.
Some Key information on a profile!
• If a CHS employee can enter the space
• The identified hazards in the space
Where can you find facility specific
PRCS inventories and profiles?
POM SharePoint site
Department Manager
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There are three ways to enter a Permit
Required Confined Space:
Full Continuous Entry
Alternate Procedure
Reclassification
Prior to entry of a Full Continuous Entry or
Alternate Procedure, Tim Plummer or Tim
Teter shall be contacted.
The PRCS Program includes the following
FMG Procedures:
20-180.00 Permit Required Confined Space Profile Evaluation and Inventory
20-181.00 Permit Required Confined Space Entry
20-182.00 Permit Required Confined Space Alternate Entry
20-183.00 Permit Required Confined Space Reclassification
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Do you know when you have performed an
entry into a Permit Required Confined
Space?
When any part of the body passes through the
opening of a permit required confined space.
NEVER ENTER A SPACE TO
PERFORM RESCUE
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Full Continuous Entry shall consist of:
Entry Supervisor
Person responsible for authorizing and ensuring FMG procedures are followed (Tim Plummer or Tim Teter). Entrant(s)
The person that physically enters the PRCS to perform work.
Attendant(s)
The person who remains outside the PRCS to ensure the safety of the entry.
Alternate Procedure
This procedure will be used when the
only
hazard
present is an actual or potential atmospheric
hazard that can be controlled through natural or
forced air ventilation.
Entry shall consist of:
Entry Supervisor (Tim Plummer or Tim Teter) Attendant
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Reclassification Procedure
This is used when all identified hazards can be
eliminated through LOTO without entering the
space. (Air Handling Units ect…)
Entrant must document the reclassification.
Date, Location and signature of person entering
This is the only procedure that can be entered without
an Entry Supervisor.
All Pre-Entry procedures must be
followed prior to any Re-Entry
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Contractor Entry
Shall coordinate with POM prior to entries Obtain Profiles from POM
Follow their own PRCS Program compliant with OSHA standards.
CHS DOES NOT supply equipment or PPE to contractors. Debrief POM Manager/designee at conclusion of all
