OSHA requires businesses to have plans and written programs in place to support their safety and health efforts. Exactly which programs you need depends on your operations.
It also depends on whether you are working in general industry or construction. These sample written programs can help you create customized programs for your exact needs. You must make your programs specific to your facility and operations. Most samples are in Word format so you can easily adapt them. Safety Writer website , which is hosted by the consultation program at the University of South Florida, can assist you with written programs through their online system. NOTE: Testing enables employers both to devise and implement adequate control measures for the protection of authorized entrants and to determine if acceptable entry conditions are present immediately prior to, and during, entry.
By Standard Number Part Number:. Permit-required confined spaces. This section contains requirements for practices and procedures to protect employees in general industry from the hazards of entry into permit-required confined spaces.
This section does not apply to agriculture, to construction, or to shipyard employment Parts , , and of this chapter, respectively. The written program shall be available for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives.
NOTE: See paragraph c 7 of this section for reclassification of a permit space after all hazards within the space have been eliminated. Any employee who enters the space, or that employee's authorized representative, shall be provided an opportunity to observe the pre-entry testing required by this paragraph. Any employee who enters the space, or that employee's authorized representative, shall be provided with an opportunity to observe the periodic testing required by this paragraph.
The certification shall be made before entry and shall be made available to each employee entering the space or to that employee's authorized representative. If testing and inspection during that entry demonstrate that the hazards within the permit space have been eliminated, the permit space may be reclassified as a non-permit confined space for as long as the hazards remain eliminated.
NOTE: Control of atmospheric hazards through forced air ventilation does not constitute elimination of the hazards. Paragraph c 5 covers permit space entry where the employer can demonstrate that forced air ventilation alone will control all hazards in the space. The certification shall be made available to each employee entering the space or to that employee's authorized representative.
The employer shall then reevaluate the space and determine whether it must be reclassified as a permit space, in accordance with other applicable provisions of this section. Under the permit space program required by paragraph c 4 of this section, the employer shall:. For permit space operations in sewers, atmospheric testing conducted in accordance with Appendix B, as supplemented by Appendix E to section Likewise, attendants may be stationed at any location outside the permit space to be monitored as long as the duties described in paragraph i of this section can be effectively performed for each permit space that is monitored.
NOTE: Employers may perform a single annual review covering all entries performed during a month period. If no entry is performed during a month period, no review is necessary.
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