Defining and Quantifying “potential hazardous atmosphere”

Potential vs. No Potential

Recently a trade organization issued a guide on working in Permit Required Confined Spaces specific to their industry.  The organization took a sentence from NFPA’s Guide on Confined Spaces (NFPA 350) and used it as justification to circumvent OSHA’s minimum standard on entry into PRCSs (1910.146 and 1926.1201-.1213). 

l have received over a dozen questions regarding this “guide” and decided a visual aid could help define and show the difference between “Potential” and “No Potential.” 

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