Wash. Admin. Code § 296-809-50002 - Implement procedures for safe entry into permit-required confined spaces
(1) You must
identify and evaluate, before employees enter, potential hazards from:
(a) The permit-required confined space ;
and
(b) The work to be
performed.
(2) You must
complete an entry permit before entry is authorized, documenting that you have
completed the means, procedures and practices necessary for safe entry and
work.
(3) You must make sure that
entrants or their representatives have an opportunity to observe any monitoring
or testing, or any actions to eliminate or control hazards, performed to
complete the permit.
(4) You must
identify the entry supervisor and make sure the entry supervisor signs the
entry permit, authorizing entry, before the space is entered.
(5) You must make the completed permit
available to entrants or their authorized representatives at the time of entry
so they can confirm the implementation of the preentry preparations. Do this by
either posting the completed permit at the entry location, or by any other
equally effective means.
(6) You
must make sure the duration of the permit does not exceed the time required to
complete the assigned task or job identified on the permit.
(7) You must note any problems encountered
during an entry operation on the permit. Use the information to make
appropriate revisions to your program, entry operations, means, systems,
procedures and practices.
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 04-03-081, § 296-809-50002, filed 1/20/04, effective 5/1/04.
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