Confined Space Rescue Awareness Questions
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OSHA 1910.146 Permit required confined spaces
Contains requirements for practices and procedures to protect employees in general industry
from hazards of entry into confined spaces
Other relevant standards Lockout Tagout
NFPA 1983: Standard on Life Safety Ropeand System components
ANSI standard
What is a confined space? Large enough and so configured that a person can bodily enter
and perform work, has limited or restricted means for entry/exit, not designed for continuous
human occupancy
Confined space cont'd Contains a known hazardous atmosphere, internal configuration
such that a person could become trapped, contains any other recognized serious hazards
Examples of confined spaces Storage tanks, underground utility tunnels, storage
bins/vats/hoppers, manholes/sewers/drains, cable vaults, digesters/sludge pits, holds of ships,
silos, pipelines, boilers, trenches
, Confined Space Rescue Awareness Questions
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Permit-required confined space: 1. Contains or has potential to contain a hazardous
atmosphere
2. Contains a material that as the potential for engulfing an entrant
3. Has an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly
converging walls or by a floor which slopes downward and tapers into a smaller cross-sections
What is an entry permit? Written or printed document that is provided by the employer to
allow and control entry into a permit space and that contains infer about the space itself and the
hazards inside said space
Is an accident a true accident or? Failure to prepare properly
What is a Hot Work Permit? Employers written authorization to perform operations (i.e.,
riveting, welding, cutting, burning, heating) capable of providing a source of ignition
What is an emergency with confined space? Means by any occurrence (including any
failure of hazard control or monitoring equipment) or event internal or external to the permit
space that could endanger entrants (i.e., any failure with equipment)
With Complete Solutions
OSHA 1910.146 Permit required confined spaces
Contains requirements for practices and procedures to protect employees in general industry
from hazards of entry into confined spaces
Other relevant standards Lockout Tagout
NFPA 1983: Standard on Life Safety Ropeand System components
ANSI standard
What is a confined space? Large enough and so configured that a person can bodily enter
and perform work, has limited or restricted means for entry/exit, not designed for continuous
human occupancy
Confined space cont'd Contains a known hazardous atmosphere, internal configuration
such that a person could become trapped, contains any other recognized serious hazards
Examples of confined spaces Storage tanks, underground utility tunnels, storage
bins/vats/hoppers, manholes/sewers/drains, cable vaults, digesters/sludge pits, holds of ships,
silos, pipelines, boilers, trenches
, Confined Space Rescue Awareness Questions
With Complete Solutions
Permit-required confined space: 1. Contains or has potential to contain a hazardous
atmosphere
2. Contains a material that as the potential for engulfing an entrant
3. Has an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly
converging walls or by a floor which slopes downward and tapers into a smaller cross-sections
What is an entry permit? Written or printed document that is provided by the employer to
allow and control entry into a permit space and that contains infer about the space itself and the
hazards inside said space
Is an accident a true accident or? Failure to prepare properly
What is a Hot Work Permit? Employers written authorization to perform operations (i.e.,
riveting, welding, cutting, burning, heating) capable of providing a source of ignition
What is an emergency with confined space? Means by any occurrence (including any
failure of hazard control or monitoring equipment) or event internal or external to the permit
space that could endanger entrants (i.e., any failure with equipment)
