Get SF 2001-CSS; Confined Space Permit Sign-in/Sign-out Sheet For Emergency Response;

Key Elements of Entry Permits Date and authorized duration of the entry permit. Name of authorized entrants within the permit space. Means of identifying authorized entrants inside the permit space (i.e., rosters or tracking systems) Name(s) of personnel serving as Attendant(s) for the permit duration.

OSHA uses the term "permit-required confined space" (permit space) to describe a confined space that has one or more of the following characteristics: contains or has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere; contains material that has the potential to engulf an entrant; has walls that converge inward or floors ...

Understand potential entry hazards and be aware of signs and symptoms of exposure, • Wear PPE as specified on the permit or on the confined space hazard assessment, • Maintain communications with attendant, • Evacuate space immediately upon notification by Entry Attendant, • Alert the attendant and exit the space ...

(4) Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard. Permit-required confined space program (permit space program) means the employer's overall program for controlling, and, where appropriate, for protecting employees from, permit space hazards and for regulating employee entry into permit spaces.

Obtain a Permit-Confined Space Entry Form from Program Coordinator. Monitor the confined space with the MSA 4-Gas Detector prior to entry. The entrant and attendant should sign the permit authorization section on the bottom of the permit to ensure all actions and conditions necessary for safe entry have been performed.

The key characteristics of a confined space are: the space must be substantially enclosed. there must be a risk of at least one of the hazards listed above occurring within the space. the risk of serious injury from the hazard must be created by virtue of the enclosed nature of the space.

The terms “permit-required confined space” and “permit space” refer to spaces that meet OSHA's definition of a “confined space” and contain health or safety hazards. For this reason, OSHA requires workers to have a permit to enter these spaces.

An example of a permit required confined space is a sewer entry. The employees could be exposed to toxic or flammable gases (a hazardous atmosphere), engulfment, and oxygen deficiency (serious health hazard). Proper procedures must take place before the entry.