Father and son die in PRCS; son entered, father attempted rescue (H2S)

19260050 C

In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, hospital, or physician,

that is reasonably accessible in terms of time and distance to

the worksite, which is available for the treatment of injured

employees, a person who has a valid certificate in first-aid

training from the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the American Red

Cross, or equivalent training that can be verified by

documentary evidence, shall be available at the worksite to

render first aid.

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19261203 A

Before it begins work at a worksite, each employer must

ensure that a competent person identifies all confined spaces

in which one or more of the employees it directs may work,

and identifies each space that is a permit space, through

consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space,

including testing as necessary.

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19261204 B

Identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before

employees enter them

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19261204 C

Develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices

necessary for safe permit space entry operations, including,

but not limited to, the following:

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19261204 D01

Testing and monitoring equipment needed to comply with
paragraph (e) of this section;

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19261204 D04

Personal protective equipment insofar as feasible

engineering and work-practice controls do not adequately

protect employees;

Note to paragraph (d)(4). The requirements of subpart

E of this part and other PPE requirements continue to apply

to the use of PPE in a permit space. For example, if

employees use respirators, then the respirator

requirements in § 1926.103 (Respiratory protection)

must be met.

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19261204 D07

Equipment, such as ladders, needed for safe ingress

and egress by authorized entrants;

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19261204 D08

Rescue and emergency equipment needed to comply

with paragraph (i) of this section, except to the extent

that the equipment is provided by rescue services; and

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19261205 A

Before entry is authorized, each entry employer must

document the completion of measures required by

§1926.1204(c) by preparing an entry permit.

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19261207 A

The employer must provide training to each employee

whose work is regulated by this standard, at no cost to

the employee, and ensure that the employee possesses the

understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe

performance of the duties assigned under this standard. This

training must result in an understanding of the hazards in the

permit space and the methods used to isolate, control or in

other ways protect employees from these hazards, and for

those employees not authorized to perform entry rescues,

in the dangers of attempting such rescues

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