OSHA Confined Space Entry Permit Procedure | Requirements | Guidelines - PDFYAR

1.	Purpose
2.	Scope
3.	Definitions
4.	Summary
5.	Procedure
6.	Related Information
Appendix A	Confined Space Work Process
Attachment 1	Pre-Entry Meeting Log
Attachment 2	General Written Entry Plan
Attachment 3	Confined Space Entry Condition Log
Attachment 4	Confined Space Entrant/Attendant Log
Attachment 5	Confined Space Entry Permit

PURPOSE

This procedure outlines the mandatory requirements for confined space entry in order to:

Protect all individuals from the hazards of entry into confined spaces.
Limit entry to authorized individuals (Entrants) and to define controls necessary to control hazards when entering confined spaces.
Establish minimum requirements for confined space entry.

OSHA Confined Space Entry Permit Procedure | Requirements | Guidelines

2.1 This procedure applies to all Companies, contractor and other third party personnel working on or within an plant, and petrochemical industry.

DEFINITIONS

3.1 Acceptable entry conditions: The conditions that must exist in a confined space to allow entry and to ensure that employees involved with a confined space entry can safely enter into and work within the space.

3.2 Attendant: An individual stationed outside a permit-required confined space who monitors the authorized Entrants and performs other assigned duties defined in the entry plan. Note that an Attendant may only be assigned duties to one permit required confined space entry point.

3.3 Confined Space:

Is large enough and so configured that an individual can bodily enter; and
Has limited or restricted means for entry or exit (for example, tanks, vessels, silos, storage bins, hoppers, vaults, and pits are spaces that may have limited means of entry.); and Is not designed for continuous employee occupancy.

Examples of confined spaces are:

Closed- or open-topped tanks, adsorber vessels, regenerators, distillation columns, reactivation vessels, cold box excavations, large intercooler shells and interconnecting pipework, etc.
Large ducts, sewers, drains, oil interceptors, silencer pits, etc.
Cooling water sump pits, cooling tower.
Boiler steam and fire spaces.
Bulk chemical storage tanks.
Excavations greater than 4′ deep (Note: requirements of 25-010529 must also be followed.)

3.4 Confined Space Entry: Entry into a confined space is considered the breaking of the plane of an opening into the space by any part of the body.

3.5 Confined Space Entry permit: Document used in conjunction with the Safety Work Permit to authorize entry into a permit required confined space.

3.6 Emergency: Any occurrence (including any failure of hazard control or monitoring equipment) or event, internal or external, to the confined space that could endanger Entrants.

3.7 Engulfment: The surrounding and effective capture of a person by a liquid or solid substance that can be aspirated to cause death by filling or plugging the respiratory system or that can exert enough force on the body to cause death by strangulation, constriction, or crushing.

3.8 Entrant: An individual who is authorized to enter a permit required confined space.

3.9 Entry Supervisor: The qualified individual responsible for determining if acceptable entry conditions are present at a confined space where entry is planned, for authorizing entry and overseeing entry operations, and for terminating entry. An Entry Supervisor also may serve as an Attendant, as an authorized Entrant, or as a non-entry rescuer as long as that person is trained and equipped as required by the role he or she fills and acting in multiple roles does not interfere with their ability to safely execute their roles. Also, the duties of Entry Supervisor may be passed from one individual to another during the course of an entry operation.

3.10 Hazardous atmosphere: An atmosphere that may expose employees to the risk of death, incapacitation, impairment of ability to self-rescue (that is, escape unaided from a permit required confined space), or injury or acute illness from one or more of the following causes:

Flammable gas, vapor, or mist in excess of 10 percent of its lower explosive limit (LEL) Note: for the purposes of a Non-Permit Required Confined Space, an LEL in excess of 1% is considered a hazardous atmosphere.
Airborne combustible dust at a concentration that meets or exceeds its LEL. This concentration may be approximated as a condition in which the dust obscures vision at a distance of 5 feet (1.65 meters).
Atmospheric oxygen concentration below 19.5 percent or above 23.5 percent.
Atmospheric concentration of any substance for which a dose or a Permissible Exposure Limit or a Threshold Limit Value is published and which could result in employee exposure in excess of 25% of the dose of the Permissible Exposure Limit or Threshold Limit Value.
Any other atmospheric condition that is immediately dangerous to life or health.

3.11 Immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH): Any condition that poses an immediate or delayed threat to life or that would cause irreversible adverse health affects or that would interfere with an individual’s ability to escape unaided from a permit space.

3.12 Isolation: The process by which a confined space is removed from service and completely protected against the release of energy and material into the space by such means as blanking or blinding; misaligning or removing sections of lines, pipes, or ducts; double block and bleed*; lockout or tagout of all sources of energy; or blocking or disconnecting all mechanical linkages. Detailed requirements outlined in 25-010532 must be followed.

*Special precautions must be taken when using double block and bleed isolation for confined space entries. See Section 5.5 for details.

3.13 Line breaking: The intentional opening of a pipe, line, vessel or duct that is or has been carrying flammable, corrosive, or toxic material, an inert gas, or any fluid at a volume, pressure, or temperature capable of causing injury.

3.14 Live Line(s): Internal coils, piping, vessels and tubes, etc. that are located within a confined space and contain residual or pressurized fluids.

3.15 Non-Permit-Required Confined Space Entry: Applies to entries into confined spaces which do not contain, or, with respect to atmospheric hazards, have the potential to contain any hazard capable of causing death or serious physical harm. (Refer to 25-010537, Non-Permit Required Confined Space Entry).

3.16 Oxygen deficient atmosphere: An atmosphere containing less than 19.5 percent oxygen by volume.

3.17 Oxygen enriched atmosphere: An atmosphere containing more than 23.5 percent oxygen by volume.

3.18 Permit-Required Confined Space: Confined spaces with one or more of the following hazards:

Contains or has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere.
Contains material that has potential for engulfment.
Has an internal configuration such that an Entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated.
Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard.

3.19 Prohibited condition: Any condition in a permit required confined space that is not allowed by the permit during the period when entry is authorized.

3.20 Rescuer: Personnel designated to rescue individuals from permit-required confined spaces in the event of an emergency. (Refer to 25-010534.)

3.21 Duties of Authorized Entrants:

Know the hazards that may be faced during entry, including information on the mode, signs or symptom, and consequences of exposure.
Properly use the following equipment:
Testing and monitoring equipment
Ventilating equipment
Communications equipment
Lighting equipment.
Personal protective equipment
Barriers and shields
Equipment such as ladders needed for safe ingress and egress
Rescue and emergency equipment
Log in and out of the confined space.
Communicate with the Attendant as necessary to enable the Attendant to monitor Entrant status and to enable the Attendant to alert Entrants of the need to evacuate the space.
Alert the Attendant whenever:

The Entrant recognizes any warning sign or symptom of exposure to a dangerous situation.
The Entrant detects a prohibited condition.

Exit from the permit space as quickly as possible whenever:

An order to evacuate is given by the Attendant or the Entry Supervisor.
The Entrant recognizes any warning sign or symptom of exposure to a dangerous situation.
The Entrant detects a prohibited condition; or
An evacuation alarm is activated.

3.22 Confined Space Attendant Duties & Responsibilities

3.23 Duties of Entry Supervisors

Know the hazards that may be faced during entry, including information on the mode, signs or symptoms, and consequences of the exposure.
Verify, by checking that the appropriate entries have been made on the Safety Work Permit and Confined Space Entry Work Permit, that all tests specified by the permits and entry plan have been conducted and that all procedures and equipment specified by the permits and entry plan are in place before endorsing the permit and allowing entry to begin.
Verify attendants are knowledgeable of the operation of the atmospheric monitor used for confined space entry.
Terminate the entry and cancel the permit when:

The entry operations covered by the entry permit have been completed; or
A condition that is not allowed under the entry permit arises in or near the permit space.

Verify that rescue services are available and that the means for summoning them are operable.
Remove unauthorized individuals who enter or who attempt to enter the permit space during entry operations.
Determine, whenever responsibility for a permit space entry operation is transferred and at intervals dictated by the hazards and operation performed within the space, that entry operations remain consistent with terms of the entry permit and that acceptable entry conditions are maintained.

SUMMARY

4.1 Confined space preparation must be completed to prepare the space for entry. This includes the removal of chemical hazards, the removal of physical hazards (as necessary), testing for atmospheric content, and, if necessary, the ventilation of the space by appropriate methods.

4.2 Initial entry into confined spaces to test for acceptable entry conditions or to eliminate hazards is treated as entry into a permit-required confined space.

4.3 Entry into newly-constructed vessels, whether at vendor locations or fabricated in the field, i.e., tanks or pressure vessels, shall be done in accordance with all aspects of this procedure.

4.4 Prior to work commencing each time the entry permit is issued, a pre-entry meeting must take place and be attended by all those personnel directly involved in the confined space entry, with the names of all attendees entered on the meeting log sheet. A pre-entry meeting is also required when there is a change in personnel (such as a shift changeover) and includes the Entry Supervisor and all personnel (Entrant, Attendant, rescue services) directly involved in the confined space entry. At the pre-entry meeting(s), the Pre-entry Meeting Log must be completed and any special topics must be discussed.

4.5 If safe entry conditions cannot be maintained, then immediate evacuation of the confined space must take place.

4.6 Retesting of atmospheric content in confined spaces is performed and logged at specified periods throughout the entry operation by the Attendant or other competent person.

4.7 Required forms and logs are kept at the confined space entry site by the Attendant while entry is in progress. They are:

Safety Work Permit
Confined Space Entry Permit
Confined Space Rescue Plan (25-010534)
Confined Space Entry Condition Log
Confined Space Entrant/Attendant Log
Pre-entry Meeting Log (to identify who is authorized to enter the space)

4.7.1 All other relevant documentation will be kept at the Permit Control Center: Examples:

Appropriate MSDSs
Copy of Safety Work Permit
Copy of Confined Space Entry Permit
Written Entry Plan/Risk Assessment

4.8 Rescue personnel (at least two per shift for entry rescues) must be readily available on site and be completely aware of actions to be taken as an emergency rescue crew in the event of an alarm being sounded. See 25-010534 for more details.

4.9 If the permit space does not contain or have the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere and if all other hazards within the space are eliminated without entry into the space, the permit space may be reclassified as a non-permit confined space for as long as the non- atmospheric hazards remain eliminated. Refer 25-010537 for guidance in reclassifying and entering non-permit confined spaces.

4.10 Appendix A contains an overview of the confined space work process.

PROCEDURE

5.1 Survey of Confined Spaces

5.1.1 Each facility shall survey and evaluate their operations to develop a listing of permit-required confined spaces and non-permit confined spaces.

5.1.2 The listing of permit-required confined spaces shall include the danger posed by the permit space. These surveys will be used as part of the permit-required confined space program to communicate to individuals at risk the location of permit required confined spaces and their hazards. Hazards should be categorized and listed as follows:

Atmospheric hazards.
Asphyxiating hazards.
Toxic atmosphere.
Flammable or explosive atmosphere.
Engulfment.
Mechanical hazards.
Electrical shock.
Other, such as electric shock, temperature, radiation, noise.

5.1.3 The listing of permit-required confined spaces and their hazards shall be actively maintained. To achieve this objective the following requirements shall be implemented at each facility:

The Management of Change (MOC) procedure at each facility shall require confirmation that additions or deletions to the listing of permit-required confined spaces resulting from the approved MOC are carried out prior to the MOC being placed into service.
All project ORIs shall require that changes needed to the listing of permit-required confined spaces be addressed as part of the ORI and that the changes be implemented prior to placing the project into service. This is a mandatory requirement.

5.1.4 This survey can be documented on the Survey of Confined Spaces form.

5.2 Informing Personnel of Permit-Required Confined Spaces

5.2.1 All maintenance, repair, and modification work is strictly controlled using Safety Work Permit procedures. These work permit procedures control all maintenance or modification work of any type by anyone on-site and as a means for controlling access of people and equipment. The methods used for informing exposed persons of the existence and location and danger posed by the permit spaces are as follows:

The listing of each permit-required confined space and its hazards shall be made available to all exposed individuals.
Permit-required confined spaces, where inadvertent entry is feasible, shall be posted with a sign reading “DANGER–PERMIT REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE–DO NOT ENTER”. Inadvertent entry is feasible in spaces with unprotected openings or entryways. Examples of such spaces include: pits, sumps, fixed equipment equipped with access doors, vessel skirts, vessels with entryways open, cooling towers, and weighbridge scales. Confined spaces that are bolted or locked closed do not require signs, e.g., cold boxes, reformers, boilers, but must be included on the site’s confined space entry listing.
Access and all activities are controlled through work permits which are specifically authorized by qualified individuals and serve as an effective method of informing all exposed individuals of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.
Physical, perimeter barriers shall be used around an entry point and work area which prohibits or otherwise controls access to the confined space entry point area (or other openings) when hazards may exist outside the space (i.e., migrating asphyxiating gases from the space) and in the vicinity of the opening. When perimeter barriers are used, they must also be accompanied by the appropriate warning signs (i.e., Danger: Under N2 purge

– potential asphyxiating atmosphere), not generic confined space warning signs. Perimeter barriers may be barricade tape, sawhorses or other similar, substantial method. Special precautions must be taken to train and equip the Attendant to work in and around this area.

5.2.2 Inadvertent entry into permit-required confined spaces being controlled through work permit procedures during periods when active work in the confined space is not taking place shall be controlled at all times by either of the following:

An Attendant positioned near the confined space entrance continuously providing surveillance against unauthorized entry; or
Barricading (e.g., barricade tape) of the entrance to the confined space to prevent entry and placing a sign in the entrance to the confined space reading “DANGER–PERMIT REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE–DO NOT ENTER”.

5.3 Confined Space Evaluation

5.3.1 Confined spaces can be evaluated against the risk assessment checklist included in the model General Written Entry Plan. This form (or equivalent) must be used to document the hazards identified for each permit required confined space entry at the time of the entry, then reviewed during the pre-entry meeting. Any entry plan (General Written Entry Plan or equivalent) must contain or have attached, at least the following:

Identification of potential hazards of the space, including hazardous substances.
Block Diagram or P&ID of the isolation.
Specific ventilation requirements.
Special instructions for the Attendant, if necessary.
Rescue plan, including the location of nearest emergency phone/communication.
A blind/isolation list.

5.4 Permit to Work

5.4.1 Before work commences, the Confined Space Entry Permit, together with the Safety Work Permit (and energy isolation log), must be issued. The Confined Space Entry Permit and the General Written Entry Plan (or equivalent entry plan) must be completed by the Entry Supervisor before entry into a permit required confined space. The Confined Space Entry Permit is not a safety work permit and alone does not authorize commencement of work. The permit(s) and all related documents must be in the possession of the Attendant during confined space entry operations (See Appendix A for details).

5.4.2 All personnel must adhere to the job scope outlined in the Confined Space Entry Permit. Any change in job scope requires the permit and entry to be suspended, and re-evaluated based on the change in job scope. A new or revised permit must be issued to address the hazards and controls associated with the new job scope.

5.5 Confined Space Isolation

5.6 Confined Space Preparation

5.7 Confined Space Atmospheric Testing Procedure | Levels | Gas Limits

5.8 Pre-Entry Testing and Preparation

5.8.1 All confined spaces are considered hazardous spaces until pre-entry testing and verification demonstrates otherwise. A Confined Space Entry Permit and Confined Space Entry Condition Log must be completed prior to entering a confined space for pre-entry testing purposes.

5.8.2 Verification of Hazard Removal

5.8.2.1 Verification must be made that the space is clean, isolated, and safe for entry. This verification is required by the Entry Supervisor and recorded on the Confined Space Entry Condition Log.

5.9 Ventilation of Confined Spaces

5.10 Pre – Entry Meeting

5.10.1 The Entry Supervisor must conduct a pre-entry meeting prior to the start of each shift, including all personnel directly involved in the confined space entry. A log shall be kept which contains the following minimum information.

Names and signatures of employees and contractors
Confined Space Permit Numbers
Safety Work Permit numbers associated with the entry
Date of the meeting

5.10.2 The Pre-entry Meeting Log will be used by the Attendant to verify Entrants are authorized to enter the space.

5.10.3 Participation in the Pre-entry is a mandatory requirement for each confined space entry operation.

5.10.4 Topics Covered at Pre-Entry Meetings

Using the MSDS, review the hazards associated with the substance that may be encountered, e.g., signs, symptoms, first aid, mode of entrance, and consequences of exposure, for all hazardous substances.
Written Entry Plan.
Confined Space Rescue Plan, i.e., description of confined space, technique to be used during rescue, team members’ assignment, and rescue equipment.
Time frame for the completion of work.
Operation of the atmospheric monitor with entrants and attendants, including minimum and maximum allowable contaminant levels, and alarms.
Method of ventilation, e.g., blowers, fans, etc.
Requirements for low voltage utility equipment, lighting, power tools, and GFCIs.
Methods of accountability for Entrants, e.g., rosters or ID tags.
Methods of isolation, e.g., double-block bleed, removal of spool piece, blind flange.
PPE requirements, e.g., clothing, respiratory protection, body harness, wristlets.
Review of Safety Work Permit and Confined Space Entry Permit.
Method of entry and exit of the confined space.
Posting of signs at entrance(s).
Sounding of alarm, e.g., bullhorn, air horn.
Methods of communication, e.g., radio, verbal, etc.
Names of personnel to be contacted in the event of an emergency.
Methods of barricading entrances when confined space is vacant, e.g., close opening, hanging sign.

5.11 Attendant Requirement During Permit Required Confined Space Entry

5.11.1 At all times, a minimum of one safety Attendant will be positioned at the entrance to each confined space to observe the persons working inside and carry their duties as described in the definitions of “Duties of Authorized Attendants” An Attendant must be provided to monitor each permit-required space during the period Entrants are in the permit-required space. One Attendant may not monitor multiple spaces.

5.11.2 The Attendant will be equipped with means of communicating with the Entrants, reserve lighting, and a means of sounding an alarm if an emergency arises.

5.12 Initial Entry Into Confined Spaces

5.12.1 Entry into any confined space for initial or additional testing to verify acceptable entry conditions or to eliminate hazards is treated as entry into a permit-required confined space.

5.12.2 Initial entry into a permit required confined space to perform hazard evaluation, testing and cleaning may need to be accomplished under IDLH conditions until it has been verified that IDLH hazards do not exist. Refer to 25-010542 for requirements.

5.12.3 All required personal protective equipment (PPE) must be worn while doing initial testing. Other required equipment could be full or half-face respirators, self-contained breathing apparatus, in-line breathing air equipment, coveralls, etc. All Entrants to permit required confined spaces must wear body harnesses. (See section 5.13 below for exemption)

5.12.4 Attendants must be present and a Confined Space Rescue Plan must be completed (refer to 25-010534).

5.12.5 Initial Entry, Hazards

5.12.5.1 In some instances, such as those listed below, initial entry may be required to verify safe atmospheric conditions throughout the space.

Materials of construction in the confined space are subject to oxidation and can cause depletion of oxygen, e.g., vessels containing carbon or zeolite adsorbents.
Materials of construction in the confined space are porous or adsorbent and can cause off-gassing of hazardous gases, e.g., off-gassing of hazardous contaminants from adsorbents and catalysts.
The configuration of the confined space could trap hazardous materials.
The configuration prevents proper ventilation (dead-ended spaces).
Openings into the equipment are not located to allow for testing of all potential dead- ended spaces.
Potential for entrapment of hazardous gases or chemicals in connecting process lines between the entry vessel and the isolation point exits (dead leg).
Potential exists for residual material (liquids, solids) in the walls, floors, or equipment within the confined space.

5.13 Personnel Working in Confined Space

5.14 Maintaining Safe Entry Conditions

Safe entry conditions must be maintained for the duration of the entry operation by meeting the following specific requirements.

5.14.1 Immediate Evacuation in Hazardous Conditions

All work must stop and the Entry Supervisor must be notified when prohibited conditions arise, e.g., change in entry conditions (e.g., unexplained odors, change in work scope, a noted rise in LEL by 2% or more from baseline), failure of monitoring equipment, physiological effects of hazard exposure displayed by worker(s) (for example, dizziness, vomiting, headache, skin irritation, hallucinations), the Attendant is unable to perform assigned duties, unauthorized entry, or hazardous conditions arise outside the confined space.
Confined Space and Safety Work Permits pertinent to the entry are suspended or canceled at that time.
No re-entry is permitted until an investigation determines the cause(s) of the hazardous conditions and corrective action is implemented.
Deficiencies limited to the operation in progress must be corrected and corrections approved by the Entry Supervisor before additional entries are authorized.

The Entry Supervisor must report deficiencies occurring during the entry, which affect personnel entering permitted, confined spaces, to site management.

Site Management must conduct a review of the entry plan.
All confined space entry operations are suspended until deficiencies are corrected.

5.14.2 Unauthorized Personnel

There must be a means of ensuring that unauthorized personnel do not enter any unattended, confined space, i.e., barricade tape and sign postings.

Entry rescuers must follow Permit Required Confined Space Entry Procedures in order to execute a rescue operation. To the extent that maintains control in an emergency, rescuers will sign in and out of a space and be subject to the control of the Attendant and Entry Supervisor (unless that command structure has been replaced by an outside, authority (i.e., Fire Department Incident Command).

5.15 Shift Change

5.15.1 For shift change between Permit Issuers, the ‘oncoming’ Permit Issuer shall review all existing Safety Work Permits and Confined Space Entry Permit with the ‘outgoing’ Permit Issuer and endorse by countersignature their acceptance of responsibility for each of these live permits held in the Permit Control Center(s).

5.15.2 For shift change between Permit Receivers, the Safety Work Permit and the Confined Space Permit shall be reissued by the Permit Issuer at this time and shall be accepted by the ‘oncoming’ Permit Receiver.

5.15.3 Confined Space Entry Permits may be re-issued up to six times. Additional re-issue of Confined Space Entry Permits will require completing another Confined Space Entry Permit.

5.15.4 A formal log shall be maintained to inform the ‘oncoming’ Permit Issuer of any change to the plant’s status which might affect the safety of the plant or personnel, e.g., incomplete work, work on hold, new lines under pressure, etc. This log is typically the plant’s operating log book, or shift change log.

5.15.5 The formal log shall be discussed as part of the shift handover process.

5.15.6 A pre-entry meeting must be held whenever there is change of personnel directly involved in the confined space entry.

5.16 Close-Out

5.16.1 When the work is completed, the Safety Work Permit and the Confined Space Permit shall be signed off by the Permit Receiver and the status of the work shall be entered on the Safety Work Permit.

5.16.2 Prior to signing off the Safety Work Permit and the Confined Space Permit, the Permit Issuer or their designee shall visit the work area to verify the status of the work and that the equipment/work area has been brought to safe condition.

5.16.3 De-isolation (in accordance with 25-010544) shall not commence until a Permit Issuer (and any other necessary competent person) is satisfied that it is safe to do so.

5.16.4 For incomplete work, the Permit Issuer shall ensure that the status of the work is recorded in the plant logbook (e.g., operating logbook, shift change log) and that all necessary precautions are in place to maintain the safety of all personnel and the facility. Appropriate barricade tape and warning signs must be posted at the Confined Space entry point(s).

5.16.5 Any incomplete work which could adversely affect the safety and security of the facility must be clearly identified and communicated by the Permit Issuer to those responsible for operational activities.

5.16.6 It must be ensured that any completed work which has changed the nature of the plant from the current status has been recorded via the appropriate Management of Change procedure.

5.16.7 After close out, the Safety Work Permit ,Confined Space Permit, and associated forms and records shall be filed and retained for a period of twelve months before disposal. Facilities may elect to track confined space entries using a Confined Space Permit Log. This log can be helpful in managing permit retention and in the annual permit assessment as required in Section 5.18.

5.16.8 During close out of every permit at the conclusion of entry operations the Entrants shall be debriefed regarding the permit entry program and any hazards confronted or created in the permit spaces during entry operation. Any problems encountered during an entry operation shall be noted on the pertinent permit so that appropriate revisions to the confined space entry program can be made.

5.17 Training

5.17.1 All personnel involved shall receive appropriate training and retraining in the Confined Space Entry and shall be assessed to verify their competence against the procedure. Refer to 25-020533.

5.17.2 A register of such training shall be maintained at each facility and a control system operated to ensure that all personnel working under the Confined Space Entry program have been trained and have understood the training.

5.17.3 Prior to each entry operation, the Entry Supervisor shall verify that all participants in the entry have completed Confined Space Entry training. This verification shall be documented either through an existing electronic database or on a log sheet such as the CS Entry Training Verification Log.

5.18 Annual Assessment of Permit-Required Confined Spaces

5.18.1 Facilities Managers are to ensure that local systems are in place to assess the ongoing compliance and effectiveness of this procedure at a minimum annually. This assessment must include a review of each Permit-Required and Non-Permit Required Confined Space Entry conducted during the period. This assessment must be documented. An Annual Permit Review Audit form is available on the Field EH&S Intranet site to assist in the assessment and document the results.

RELATED INFORMATION

6.1 EHS&Q Documents

25-010519 Welding Safety

25-010529 Control Of Excavation Work

25-010530 Safety Work Permit

25-010532 Energy Isolation and Lockout/Tagout/Try

25-010534 Confined Space Rescue

25-010536 Confined Space Entry in Vessels Containing Adsorbents or Catalysts

25-010537 Non-Permit Required Confined Space Entry

25-010542 Requirements for Confined Space Entry Into IDLH Atmospheres

25-011670AM California Petroleum Safety Orders

25-020533 Permit Required Confined Space Entry

The following forms, referenced in this procedure, are available on-line at the Field EH&S Intranet site:

re-entry Meeting Log (Attachment 1) – Form # 2026-11
General Written Entry Plan (Attachment 2)* – Form # 2026-15
Confined Space Rescue Plan – Form # 2026-12
Confined Space Entry Condition Log (Attachment 3) – Form # 2026-16
Confined Space Entrant/Attendant Log (Attachment 4) – Form # 2026-17
Survey of Confined Spaces* – Form # 2026-14
Confined Space Entry Training Verification Log* – Form # 2026-19
Confined Space Permit Log*# – Form # 2026-21
Annual Permit Review Audit* – Form # 2026-13
Confined Space Entry Training ID Cards*# – Form # 2026-18
Certified Confined Space Entry Supervisor ID Cards – Form # 2026-22

* Indicates an equivalent form or record may be substituted for this form

# Indicates that use of this form is an optional work practice

Appendix A

Confined Space Work Process

Confined Space Awareness and General Requirements

OSHA Confined Space Entry Permit Procedure | Requirements | Guidelines

Confined Space Entry

OSHA Confined Space Entry Permit Procedure | Requirements | Guidelines

* Indicates an equivalent form or record may be substituted for this form

# Indicates that use of this form is an optional work practice

Attachment 1

Pre-entry Meeting Log

Facility		Date		Time
Confined Space Entry Permit No.			Safety Work Permit No.
Entry Site
Name (Print)	Signature				Company	Role*
					Entry Supervisor

*ENTRANT = 1

ATTENDANT = 2

RESCUE = 3

The personnel registered above have attended the Pre-entry meeting for the Permit Required Confined Space Entry indicated above and are authorized to perform their roles, as indicated, for the shift designated above.

Entry Supervisor

Note: This form shall also serve as the Authorized Entrant and Attendant Roster for this specific entry.

Attachment 2

General Written Entry Plan

OSHA Confined Space Entry Permit Procedure | Requirements | Guidelines

Facility:	Location:
Confined Space Entry Permit:	Safety Work Permit:
Entry Supervisor Name:	Dates of Entry:
Equipment To Be Entered (Cold Box, Reactor, Boiler, Reformer, etc.):
Entry Point (s):
Equipment Elevation (s):
Method of Communication to summon rescue or non-emergency assistance:
All must be checked: Rescue Plan Attached (Check one: Entry Rescue Plan Non-Entry Rescue Plan) Blind/Isolation List Attached Isolation block diagram or copy of P&ID (showing isolation) attached
		Type of Entry: (check all that apply): Horizontal	Vertical (up)	Vertical (down)

WARNING

All of the hazards listed on the following pages have the potential for either serious injury, or in specific cases, fatality. The dangers of exposure and techniques to control the hazards are not limited to the items listed; further evaluation should be made on a case-by-case basis to determine if other hazards are present or additional controls necessary.

Confined Space Risk Assessment

Blind/Isolation List:

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