This guide is intended to help small businesses comply with the Confined Spaces standard. It addresses the most common compliance issues that employers will face and provides sufficient detail to serve as a useful compliance guide. It does not, however, describe all provisions of the standard or alter the compliance responsibilities set forth in the standard, which is published at 29 CFR §§ 1926.1200-1213. The reader must refer to the standard itself, which is available on OSHA’s website and in the Code of Federal Regulations, to determine all of the steps that must be taken to comply with the standard.
CHAPTER 1 Confined Spaces and Permit Spaces
CHAPTER 2 Work Covered by the Standard
CHAPTER 3 Employer Responsibilities
CHAPTER 4 Overview of the Standard
CHAPTER 5 Identifying Permit Spaces (Section 1203(a))
CHAPTER 6 Content of Permit Space Program (Sections 1204-1206)
CHAPTER 7 Reclassifying a Permit Space as a Non-Permit Space (Section 1203(g))
CHAPTER 8 Alternate Procedures for Certain Permit Spaces — Section 1203(e))
CHAPTER 9 Entrants, Attendants, and Entry Supervisors (Sections 1208-1210)
CHAPTER 10 Worker Training (Section 1207)
CHAPTER 11 Rescue and Emergency Services (Section 1211)
CHAPTER 12 Sewer System Entry
CHAPTER 13 Additional Information
APPENDIX A Example of a Permit-Required Confined Space Program
APPENDIX B Sample Entry Permit
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