Rescue Plan? You must have lost your mind…there is no such requirement in 1910.146 for each entry to have a “rescue plan.”
This is the typical response we get during our audits and 3rd party investigations, and let’s say folks are not happy with the idea that each entry must have a rescue plan. I want to share with you the EXACT QUESTIONS that an OSHA CSHO will be asking should your facility have the privilege of going through an OSHA inspection where Permit Required Confined Spaces is a topic of inspection. You can use these questions to see if your rescue plans would pass OSHA’s test:
Everything in italics is OSHA wording, everything in bold non-italic are my comments…
