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- (c) prepare a procedure for the removal of a worker who has become injured or incapacitated while in the confined space; and - (d) ensure that the ventilation in the confined space is adequate to maintain safe atmospheric conditions. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s18-6. ## Entry plan - 18-7 (1) If a worker will be required or permitted to enter a hazardous confined space, an employer, in consultation with the committee, shall develop a hazardous confined space entry plan to ensure the health and safety of workers who enter or work in the hazardous confined space. - (2) A hazardous confined space entry plan must be in writing and must include: - (a) the tests or measurements necessary to monitor any oxygen deficiency or enrichment or the presence and hazardous concentration of flammable or explosive substances; - (b) the identification of any other hazards that may be present in the hazardous confined space and may put the health or safety of workers at risk; - (c) the means, if any, of isolating the hazardous confined space; - (d) the means, if any, of ventilating the hazardous confined space; - (e) the procedures to enter, work in and exit from the hazardous confined space safely; - (f) the availability, location and proper use of personal protective equipment; - (g) the rescue procedures to be followed, including the number and duties of personnel and the availability, location and proper use of equipment; - (h) the means to maintain effective communication with a worker who has entered the hazardous confined space; and - (i) the availability, location and proper use of any other equipment that a worker may need to work safely in the hazardous confined space. - (3) An employer shall ensure that the following workers are trained in and implement a hazardous confined space entry plan: - (a) a worker who is required or permitted to enter the hazardous confined space; - (b) a worker who attends a worker in the hazardous confined space pursuant…

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## Safety of Confined Space 2022-79 2022-79 Hazards 2022-79 Dangers 2022-79 262.011 If the circumstances permit, an employer, a contractor and an owner of a place of employment shall each ensure that the hazards identified in the code of practice are addressed by implementing the following hazard control measures in the following order of prior -ity: 262.011 Si les circonstances le permettent, l'em -ployeur, l'entrepreneur et le propriétaire du lieu de tra -vail s'assurent chacun que les mesures de contrôle des dangers mentionnés dans le code de directives pratiques ci-après sont mises en oeuvre dans l'ordre de priorité qui suit : - (a) measures that involve the elimination of haz -ards; - (b) measures that involve the selection of less haz -ardous means of carrying out work, including the sub -stitution of procedures and equipment; - (c) measures that involve the use of engineering controls to reduce the hazards; - (d) administrative measures to reduce the hazards; and - (e) measures that involve protection from the effects of hazards, including the provision of personal protec -tive equipment. 2022-79 ## Engulfment 2022-79 262.012 An employer shall ensure that no person en -ters a confined space that may contain a material that has the potential for engulfing the entrant. 2022-79 ## Use of equipment and accessories 2022-79 262.013 (1) An employer shall ensure that electrical equipment, atmospheric monitoring equipment and ac -cessories used in a confined space that may contain flammable dust, gases or vapours are intrinsically safe. - a) des mesures visant l'élimination des dangers; - b) des mesures visant le choix de moyens d'exécu -tion des travaux qui présentent moins de dangers, y compris l'utilisation de procédures ou d'équipement de substitution; - c) des mesures d'ingénierie visant la réduction des dangers; - d) des mesures administratives visant la réduct…

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- (d) any requirement for a first aid attendant; - (e) steps to control or mitigate any hazards; and - (f) any situation in which an entry permit system is required. - (3) The employer must make a copy of the report available to the policy committee, if any, and the work place committee or the health and safety representative. - (4) Subject to subsection ( 5 ), the employer must ensure that the report and the list made under subsections ( 2 ) and 11.02 2 ( ) respectively are reviewed by a qualified person at least once every three years. However, if there is reason to believe that the conditions inside a confined space have changed with respect to the last hazard assessment, due to changes to the structure, intended use or immediate surrounding area of the space or due to information about the space regarding a potential new hazard, the employer must ensure that the space is reassessed and treated in accordance with the new findings. - (5) If a confined space has not been entered in the three years preceding the time when the assessment referred to in subsection ( 2 ) should have been carried out and no entry is scheduled, the assessment need not be carried out until it becomes likely that a person will enter the confined space in order to perform work for an employer. SOR/2021-143, s. 1. ## Confined Space Procedures - 11.04 (1) Every employer must - after considering the report made under subsection 11.03 2 ( ) in consultation with the policy committee, or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative - establish procedures, with the date when they are established specified in them, that are to be followed by a person entering, exiting or occupying a confined space assessed under subsection 11.03 1 ( ). - (2) The procedures apply based on whether the confined space is listed as a confined space or a hazardous confined space under sub…

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- (c) the names of the entry supervisor, emergency re -sponse team leader, attendant and air supply system attendant, if applicable, and the entrant; - (d) a description of the work to be performed; - (e) a description of any possible hazards that may affect the health or safety of employees; - (f) the procedures to be followed and the equipment to be used to perform the work; and - (g) the procedures to be followed and the equipment to be used in the event of an emergency. - 262.01 (4) An employer shall ensure that all employees involved in confined space work are adequately in -structed and trained in the code of practice and the pro -cedures identified in the code of practice. - 262.01 (5) The code of practice shall be posted con -spicuously near the entrance to the confined space. - 262.01 (6) An employee shall comply with the code of practice, and an employer shall ensure that employees comply with the code of practice. - 262.01 (7) An employee who will enter into a confined space or who may undertake a rescue operation in a con -fined space shall read the code of practice and acknowl -edge that the employee has received and understood the instructions in the code of practice by signing and dating a copy of the code of practice. - 262.01 (8) An employer shall ensure that the code of practice and any records associated with the code of practice, including an equipment calibration and mainte -nance log, are kept for a period of two years from the date on which the entry supervisor signed and dated the code of practice. - 262.01 (9) An employer shall ensure that a copy of the code of practice is made available to an officer on re -quest. 2022-79 - c) le nom du superviseur d'entrée, du chef de l'équipe d'intervention d'urgence, du surveillant et du surveillant à l'alimentation en air, le cas échéant, ainsi que de l'entrant; - d) une description des travaux qui seront effectués; - e) une d…

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flammability limit of the air contaminant when the confined space work is cold work using non-sparking equipment, - (d) the concentration of an air contaminant does not exceed 5% of the lower explosive limit or lower flam -mability limit of the air contaminant when the con -fined space work is riveting, welding, flame cutting or other fire or spark-producing work, - (e) the concentration of air contaminants and physi -cal agents meet the requirements of this Regulation, - (f) the concentration or percentage referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) can be maintained during the pe -riod of proposed occupancy in the confined space, - (g) any liquid in which an employee may drown or any free flowing solid in which an employee may be -come entrapped has been removed from the confined space, - (h) the entry of any liquid, free flowing solid or haz -ardous substance into the confined space in a quantity that could endanger the health or safety of the em -ployee has been prevented by a secure means of dis -connecting the pipes adjacent to the confined space or fitting blank flanges or blind flanges to the pipes adja -cent to the confined space, and - (i) all electrical or other equipment and machines that present a hazard to an entrant while entering, ex -iting or occupying the confined space have been put in a zero-energy state and locked out in accordance with this Regulation. - 262.061 (2) In order to bring the atmosphere of a con -fined space within acceptable limits, an employer shall - (a) ventilate the confined space, - (b) remove air contaminants from the confined space by the displacement of air, or - (c) intentionally flood the atmosphere inside the confined space with an inert gas such as nitrogen in order to eliminate the hazard of ignition of flammable d'explosivité ou d'inflammabilité de cet aérocontami -nant lorsque les travaux en espace clos consistent à faire du travail à froid et n'utilisent p…

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## Part 5 Confined Spaces ## Code of practice 44 (1) An employer must have a written code of practice governing the practices and procedures to be followed when workers enter and work in a confined space. - 44 (2) The code of practice must - (a) take into account and apply the requirements of this Part and of section 169, - (b) be maintained and periodically reviewed, and - (c) identify all existing and potential confined space work locations at a work site. - 44 (3) A worker involved in any aspect of a confined space entry must comply with the requirements and procedures in the code of practice. ## Hazard assessment - 45 If a worker will enter a confined space or a restricted space to work, an employer must appoint a competent person to - (a) identify and assess the hazards the worker is likely to be exposed to while in the confined space or restricted space, - (b) specify the type and frequency of inspections and tests necessary to determine the likelihood of worker exposure to any of the identified hazards, - (c) perform the inspections and tests specified, - (d) specify the safety and personal protective equipment required to perform the work, and - (e) identify the personal protective equipment and emergency equipment to be used by a worker who undertakes rescue operations in the event of an accident or other emergency. ## Training - 46 (1) An employer must ensure that a worker assigned duties related to confined space or restricted space entry is trained by a competent person in - (a) recognizing hazards associated with working in confined spaces or restricted spaces, and - (b) performing the worker's duties in a safe and healthy manner. - 46 (2) An employer must keep records of the training given under subsection (1). - 46 (3) An employer must ensure that competence in the following is represented in the workers responding to a confined space or restricted space emergency: - (a) first aid; - (b) the use of appropriate emergency response equipment; - (c…

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- (a) that prior to the entry of a person into the confined space, an assessment of the confined space is - (i) done in accordance with subsection (8), and - (ii) recorded by the person conducting the assessment in accordance with Section 131; - (b) for the training required by a person who may enter a confined space in the course of the person's work, and for the training required by a person who may undertake rescue operations with regard to a confined space, including training on - (i) proper use of personal protective equipment, - (ii) written rescue procedures, - (iii) maintaining contact between a person in the confined space and an attendant required under clause 134(2)(a) and the means by which the written rescue procedure is initiated in the event of an emergency in the confined space, - (iv) the limitations on the type of work that can be performed in the confined space, and - (v) the means of identifying a hazard while in a confined space; - (c) for the process for notifying a person entering a confined space of the specific type of work that may be performed in the confined space; - (d) for the method to be followed by a person entering into, exiting from or occupying the confined space; - (e) for the protective equipment that is to be used by every person entering the confined space; - (f) for the written emergency procedures to be followed in the event of an accident or other emergency in or near the confined space, including - (i) immediate evacuation of the confined space when an alarm is activated or there is any significant, unexpected and potentially hazardous change in the concentration, level or percentage referred to in subsection (8), \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

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L AO 2-2017 Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (b) Employers must comply with Division 2/J, [redacted phone], Confined Spaces, when they agree to serve as a designated rescue service provider. - (c) Employers that will respond to emergency calls for rescue from confined spaces must: - (A) Train responders to recognize inherent confined space hazards before assigning or attempting any related duties in confined space rescues. - (i) Provide responders with understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for safe performance of confined space rescues. - (ii) Practice a confined space rescue operation at least once every year from a real or simulated confined space. - (B) Responders must be certified in writing to Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) Firefighter 1 or equivalent. - (C) Use the Incident Management System (IMS) during confined space rescue incidents that meet the requirements of NFPA 1561 (2008): Standard on Emergency Services Incident Management System. - (D) Assess the situation and determine if it qualifies as a confined space incident. - (i) Classify the operation as a rescue or body recovery. - (ii) Assess and control physical hazards related to the incident or rescue. - (iii) Assess atmospheric hazards. - (I) Use calibrated direct-reading instruments to test the atmosphere in confined spaces for oxygen content, flammable gases and vapors, and toxic air contaminates. - (II) When calibrated direct-reading instruments are not available, the Incident Commander must assume the situation is IDLH and ensure that responders who enter are equipped with appropriate respiratory protective equipment that comply with Division 2/I, 1910.134, Respiratory Protection. - (iv) Determine if the space should be ventilated. - (v) Determine the precautions and procedures to follow for safe entry into the space.

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## Ventilation and purging - 53 (1) If the atmospheric testing under section 52 identifies that a hazardous atmosphere exists or is likely to exist in a confined space, an employer must ensure that the confined space is ventilated, purged or both before a worker enters the confined space. - 53 (2) If ventilating or purging a confined space is impractical or ineffective in eliminating a hazardous atmosphere, the employer must ensure that a worker who enters the confined space uses personal protective equipment appropriate for the conditions within the confined space. - 53 (3) If mechanical ventilation is needed to maintain a safe atmosphere in a confined space during the work process, an employer must ensure it is provided and operated as needed. - 53 (4) If mechanical ventilation is required to maintain a safe atmosphere in the confined space, the employer must ensure that - (a) the ventilation system incorporates a method of alerting workers to a failure of the system so that workers have sufficient time to safely leave the confined space, and - (b) all workers within the confined space have received training in the evacuation procedures to be used in the event of a ventilation system failure. - 53 (5) All workers must evacuate a confined space or use an alternative means of protection if a ventilation system fails. ## Inerting 54 (1) An employer must ensure that a confined space is inerted if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate an explosive or flammable atmosphere within the confined space through another means. - 54 (2) If a confined space is inerted, an employer must ensure that - (a) every worker entering the confined space is equipped with supplied air respiratory protective equipment that complies with Part 18, - (b) all ignition sources are controlled, and - (c) the atmosphere within the confined space stays inerted while workers are inside. ## Emergency response - 55 (1) An employer must ensure that a worker does not enter or remain in a con…

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Division 2 AO 2-2017 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (12) Specific ventilation requirements. If continuous forced-air ventilation is used, it must begin before entry is made and must be maintained long enough for the employer to be able to demonstrate that a safe atmosphere exists before employees are allowed to enter the work area. The forced-air ventilation must be so directed as to ventilate the immediate area where employees are present within the enclosed space and must continue until all employees leave the enclosed space. - (13) Air supply. The air supply for the continuous forced-air ventilation must be from a clean source and may not increase the hazards in the enclosed space. - (14) Open flames. If open flames are used in enclosed spaces, a test for flammable gases and vapors must be made immediately before the open flame device is used and at least once per hour while the device is used in the space. Testing must be conducted more frequently if conditions present in the enclosed space indicate that once per hour is insufficient to detect hazardous accumulations of flammable gases or vapors. Note to paragraph (14): See the definition of "hazardous atmosphere" for guidance in determining whether a specific concentration of a substance is hazardous. Note to [redacted phone] : Entries into enclosed spaces conducted in accordance with the requirements of [redacted phone] (4) through (11), Confined spaces, are considered as complying with [redacted phone] of Division 2/RR. Stat. Auth.: ORS 654.025(2) and 656.726(4) Stats. Implemented: ORS 654.001 through 654.295. Hist.: OR OSHA Admin. Order 3 2015, f. 10/9/15, ef. 1/1/16. - - ## [redacted phone] Excavations Excavation operations must comply with Division 3/P. Stat. Auth.: ORS 654.025(2) and 656.726(4) Stats. Implemented: ORS 654.001 through 654.295. Hist.: OR OSHA Admin. Order 3 2015, f. 10/9/15, ef. 1/1/16. - - ## [redacted phone] Personal protective eq…

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## Entry permit system - 47 (1) A person must not enter a confined space at a work site without a valid entry permit. - 47 (2) An employer must establish an entry permit system for a confined space that - (a) lists the name of each worker who enters the confined space and the reason for the worker's entry, - (b) gives the location of the confined space, - (c) specifies the time during which an entry permit is valid, - (d) takes into account the work being done in the confined space, and - (e) takes into account the code of practice requirements for entering, being in and leaving a confined space. - 47 (3) An employer must ensure that, before a worker enters a confined space, an entry permit is properly completed, signed by a competent person and a copy kept readily available. - 47 (4) Based on a review of similar confined spaces, an employer may issue an entry permit that can be used for a number of similar confined spaces. ## Safety and protection - generally - 48 (1) An employer must ensure that - (a) if a lifeline is required in a confined space or a restricted space, it is used in a manner that does not create an additional hazard, - (b) the safety and personal protective equipment required under this Code is available to workers entering a confined space or a restricted space, - (c) a worker who enters, occupies or leaves a confined space or restricted space uses the safety and personal protective equipment, - (d) the personal protective equipment and emergency equipment required under this Code is available to workers undertaking rescue operations in a confined space or restricted space, - (e) equipment appropriate to the confined space or restricted space, including personal protective equipment, is available to perform a timely rescue, and - (f) a communication system is established that is readily available to workers in a confined space or a restricted space and is appropriate to the hazards. - 48 (2) An employer must ensure that all personal protective…