Osha Confined Space
Employers in general industry must evaluate their workplaces to determine if spaces are permit spaces.
Osha confined space. However the construction standard relating to safety training and education 29 cfr 1926 21 places an affirmative duty on the employer to train employees who enter confined or. Contains or has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere. To begin with understand that osha according to 29 cfr 1910 146 considers there to be two types of confined space.
Protecting construction workers in confined spaces. Confined spaces litigation settlement telecommunications. Confined and enclosed space operations have a greater likelihood of causing fatalities severe injuries and illnesses than any other type of shipyard work.
Osha uses the term permit required confined space permit space to describe a confined space that has one or more of the following characteristics. The directives in this list provide additional information that is not necessarily connected to a specific osha standard highlighted on this safety and health topics page. See flow chart page 5 if a.
Osha memo may 24 2016. Explains what workers should do before entering a confined space such as an underground vaults tanks storage bins silos or manholes. Oxygen deficient atmosphere means an atmosphere containing less than 19 5 percent oxygen by volume.
Confined spaces litigation settlement residential construction. Osha publication 3825 september 2015. Cpl 02 01 061 may 22 2019.
Small entity compliance guide. The osha confined space standard 29 cfr 1910 146 is written for general industry and states that it is not applicable to construction. Has walls that converge inward or floors that slope downward.