Get Confined Space Program - Caltech Environment, Health, And Safety

If employees are expected to enter permit spaces, the employer must develop a written permit space program and make it available to employees or their representatives. Under certain conditions described in the standard, the employer may use alternate procedures for worker entry into a permit space.

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.

Confined space hazards can be divided into four broad and far reaching categories. These categories are Configuration, Biological, Physical and Atmospheric. It is important to understand each of these groupings as they are often used in the classification of specific confined spaces hazards at a worksite.

Definitions. confined space: A space that has limited or restricted means of entry, is not designed for continuous occupancy, and is large enough and configured so that a person can enter the space and maneuver well enough to perform tasks.

In order for a work area to be defined as a confined space it must meet all three of the following criteria: Limited Openings for Entry and Exit. ... The Space is not Intended for Continuous Human Occupancy. ... The Space is Large Enough for You to Enter and Conduct Work.

OSHA Confined Space Definition ing to OSHA a confined space is a space that meets these criteria: 1) being large enough for an employee to enter and perform work; 2) has limited or restricted means for entry or exit; and 3) is not designed for continuous occupancy.

A confined space also has limited or restricted means for entry or exit and is not designed for continuous occupancy. Confined spaces include, but are not limited to, tanks, vessels, silos, storage bins, hoppers, vaults, pits, manholes, tunnels, equipment housings, ductwork, pipelines, etc.