Training | Permit-Required Confined Spaces


Add a note hereAll employees who work in permit spaces have to be trained to understand the hazards of confined spaces and obtain the skills necessary to safely perform their assigned duties. Training must be done:
§  Add a note hereBefore the employee is first assigned duties;
§  Add a note hereBefore there is a change in assigned duties;
§  Add a note hereWhenever there is a change in operations that present a new hazard; and
§  Add a note hereWhenever there are deviations from the entry procedures or inadequacies in an employee’s knowledge are noted.
Add a note hereThe employer must certify that the training has been completed. Required training documentation includes each employee’s name, the signatures or initials of the trainers, and the dates of training.

Add a note hereEntrant duties

Add a note hereAuthorized permit-required confined space entrants are required to be knowledgeable about the space and their job tasks inside the space to successfully perform their duties which include:
§  Add a note hereKnowing the hazards that may be faced during entry, including information on the mode, signs or symptoms, and consequences of the exposure;
§  Add a note hereProperly use equipment;
§  Add a note hereCommunicate with the attendant;
§  Add a note hereAlert the attendant whenever:
o    Add a note hereThe entrant recognizes any warning sign or symptom of exposure to a dangerous situation, or
o    Add a note hereThe entrant detects a prohibited condition; and
§  Add a note hereExit from the permit space as quickly as possible whenever:
o    Add a note hereAn order to evacuate is given by the attendant or the entry supervisor,
o    Add a note hereThe entrant recognizes any warning sign or symptom of exposure to a dangerous situation,
o    Add a note hereThe entrant detects a prohibited condition, or
o    Add a note hereAn evacuation alarm is activated.

Add a note hereAttendant duties

Add a note hereAuthorized permit-required confined space attendants are required to be knowledgeable about the space to successfully perform their duties which include:
§  Add a note hereKnowing the hazards that may be faced during entry, including information on the mode, signs or symptoms, and consequences of the exposure;
§  Add a note hereBeing aware of possible behavioral effects of hazard exposure in entrants;
§  Add a note hereContinuously maintain an accurate count of entrants and ensure that the entrants are accurately identified;
§  Add a note hereRemaining outside the space during entry operations until relieved by another attendant;
Add a note hereNOTE: If the entry program allows it, attendants may enter a permit space to attempt a rescue if they have been trained and equipped for rescue operations and if they have been relieved by another attendant.
§  Add a note hereCommunicating with entrants to monitor their status and to alert them to evacuate the space, if necessary;
§  Add a note hereMonitoring activities inside and outside the space to determine if it is safe for entrants to remain in the space;
§  Add a note hereOrdering entrants to evacuate the space immediately under any of the following conditions:
o    Add a note hereDetecting a prohibited condition,
o    Add a note hereNoticing the behavioral effects of hazard exposure in an entrant,
o    Add a note hereDetecting a situation outside the space that could endanger the entrants, or
o    Add a note hereDetermining that an attendant cannot effectively and safely perform all the required duties;
§  Add a note hereSummoning rescue and other emergency services as soon as it is determined that entrants may need escape assistance;
§  Add a note hereWarning unauthorized personnel to stay away from the permit space, or if they have already entered the space, tell them to exit it;
§  Add a note hereWarning entrants and the entry supervisor if unauthorized persons have entered the space;
§  Add a note herePerforming non-entry rescues, if specified by the employer’s rescue procedure; and
§  Add a note herePerforming no duties that might interfere with the attendant’s primary duty to monitor and protect entrants.

Add a note hereEntry supervisor duties

Add a note herePermit-required confined space entry supervisors are required to be knowledgeable about the space to successfully perform their duties which include:
§  Add a note hereKnowing the hazards that may be faced during entry, including information on the mode, signs or symptoms, and consequences of the exposure;
§  Add a note hereVerifying, by checking the entry permit, that all tests specified by the permit have been conducted and that all procedures and equipment are in place before endorsing the permit and allowing entry to begin;
§  Add a note hereTerminating the entry and cancelling the permit at the conclusion of work;
§  Add a note hereVerifying that rescue services are available and that the means for summoning them are operable; and
§  Add a note hereRemoving unauthorized individuals who enter or who attempt to enter the permit space during entry operations.
Add a note hereSupervisors also must determine, at least when shifts and entry supervisors change, that the acceptable conditions specified in the permit continue.

1 comment:

cisyuvraj said...

permit confined space is the space which is quiet conjusted for the escape of employess during emergency situation.

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