Confined Space UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Lockout - Tag out
Take care of everything in your space - CORRECT ANSWER - Space Isolation-Must be
performed by an "Authorized" employee only!
Minimum number of people on confined space - CORRECT ANSWER - 4 but usually
there's a lot more
____ percent of would-be rescuers die. Of that percentage the cause of death in hazardous
atmosphere ____ percent of the time. ____ percent of the time the hazardous atmospheres are
____ deficient. - CORRECT ANSWER - 60, 65, 90, O2
OSHA - CORRECT ANSWER - Occupational Safety and Health Administration:
Fed/OSHA - Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Cal/OSHA - California Code of Regulations (CCR)
*Cal/OSHA is more strict than Fed/OSHA
ANSI - CORRECT ANSWER - American National Standards Institute:
Safety requirements for working in tanks and other confined spaces (Statistics)
*Also set standards, compliance may be mandatory
NIOSH - CORRECT ANSWER - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health:
Working in confined spaces (Recommendations)
*Also set standards, compliance may be mandatory
CFR Permit required confined space - CORRECT ANSWER - Section 29 CFR 1910.146
, Part 1910 - General industry ONLY
Intent vs Letter of the law
CFR Covered by other regulation - CORRECT ANSWER - Shipyard employment - Part
1915
Construction - part 1926
Agriculture - 1928
*Performance-oriented not specification-oriented
CCR General Industry Safety Orders - CORRECT ANSWER - Subchapter 7 General
industry safety orders
Group 16 Control of hazardous substances
Article 108 Confined spaces
Section 5156, 5157, 5158
*Most of the information is in section 5157
(Fire departments will adhere to the letter of the law)
Definition: Acceptable entry conditions - CORRECT ANSWER - Conditions that must
exist in a permit space to allow entry and to ensure that employees involved with a permit-
required confined space entry can SAFELY ENTER AND WORK within the space.
Definition: Attendant - CORRECT ANSWER - Individual stationed OUTSIDE one or
more permit spaces who monitors the authorized entrants and who performs all attendant's duties
assigned in the employer's permit space program.
Definition: Authorized entrant - CORRECT ANSWER - An employee who is authorized
by the employer to enter a permit space.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Lockout - Tag out
Take care of everything in your space - CORRECT ANSWER - Space Isolation-Must be
performed by an "Authorized" employee only!
Minimum number of people on confined space - CORRECT ANSWER - 4 but usually
there's a lot more
____ percent of would-be rescuers die. Of that percentage the cause of death in hazardous
atmosphere ____ percent of the time. ____ percent of the time the hazardous atmospheres are
____ deficient. - CORRECT ANSWER - 60, 65, 90, O2
OSHA - CORRECT ANSWER - Occupational Safety and Health Administration:
Fed/OSHA - Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Cal/OSHA - California Code of Regulations (CCR)
*Cal/OSHA is more strict than Fed/OSHA
ANSI - CORRECT ANSWER - American National Standards Institute:
Safety requirements for working in tanks and other confined spaces (Statistics)
*Also set standards, compliance may be mandatory
NIOSH - CORRECT ANSWER - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health:
Working in confined spaces (Recommendations)
*Also set standards, compliance may be mandatory
CFR Permit required confined space - CORRECT ANSWER - Section 29 CFR 1910.146
, Part 1910 - General industry ONLY
Intent vs Letter of the law
CFR Covered by other regulation - CORRECT ANSWER - Shipyard employment - Part
1915
Construction - part 1926
Agriculture - 1928
*Performance-oriented not specification-oriented
CCR General Industry Safety Orders - CORRECT ANSWER - Subchapter 7 General
industry safety orders
Group 16 Control of hazardous substances
Article 108 Confined spaces
Section 5156, 5157, 5158
*Most of the information is in section 5157
(Fire departments will adhere to the letter of the law)
Definition: Acceptable entry conditions - CORRECT ANSWER - Conditions that must
exist in a permit space to allow entry and to ensure that employees involved with a permit-
required confined space entry can SAFELY ENTER AND WORK within the space.
Definition: Attendant - CORRECT ANSWER - Individual stationed OUTSIDE one or
more permit spaces who monitors the authorized entrants and who performs all attendant's duties
assigned in the employer's permit space program.
Definition: Authorized entrant - CORRECT ANSWER - An employee who is authorized
by the employer to enter a permit space.
