N.H. Admin. Code § Lab 1402.02 - Confined space

"Confined space" means a space that meets the following criteria:

(a) Large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter and perform assigned work;

(b) Has limited or restricted means for entry or exit;

(c) Is not designed for continuous employee occupancy; and

(d) Is potentially hazardous because it:

(1) Contains or has a potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere;

(2) Contains a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant;

(3) Has an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a floor which slopes downward and tapers to a smaller cross-section; or

(4) Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard.

Notes

N.H. Admin. Code § Lab 1402.02

#4118 eff 8-22-86, EXPIRED: 8-22-92

New. # 6684, eff 2-4-98, EXPIRED: 2-4-06

New. #8606, INTERIM, eff 4-12-06, EXPIRED: 10-09-06

New. #8796, eff 1-11-07

Amended by Volume XXXV Number 18, Filed May 7, 2015 , Proposed by #10809, Effective 4/9/2015, Expires4/9/2015.