CHAPTER 4
CONFINED SPACE ENTRY

SECTION:

54-4-1: Purpose

54-4-2: Objectives; Elements

54-4-3: Definitions

54-4-4: Hazard Categories

54-4-5: Assessment Process And Identification Of Spaces

54-4-6: Entry Requirement For Nonpermit Confined Spaces

54-4-7: Entry Requirements For Permit-Required Confined Spaces

54-4-8: Alternative Entry Procedures

54-4-9: Appendix A

54-4-1: PURPOSE:

The purpose of this chapter is to establish safe practices in an effort to prevent personal injury and illness to City of Salt Lake employees while performing duties in permit- required confined spaces as per 29 CFR 1910.146. (2019 Compilation)

54-4-2: OBJECTIVES; ELEMENTS:

   A.   Written Program: The objectives of this chapter are to establish a written program outlining general guidelines governing confined space and permit-required confined space entry.

   B.   Elements: This written program will address the following elements:

Confined Space Definitions/Hazards

Assessment Process and Identification of Spaces

Entry Requirements for Nonpermit Confined Spaces

Entry Requirements for Permit-Required Confined Spaces

Alternative Entry Procedures

Confined Space Personnel Duties and Responsibilities

Precautions and Preplanning Before Entry

Rescue Plan/Provisions

Proper Safety Equipment for Confined Space Entry

Hot Work and the Use of Chemicals in a Confined Space

Contractor Performed Work

Training

(2019 Compilation)

54-4-3: DEFINITIONS:

CONFINED SPACE: Any space that has the following characteristics:

   A.   Large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter and perform assigned work.

   B.   Has limited or restricted means for entry or exit.

   C.   It is not designed for continuous human occupancy.

PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE:

   A.   Any confined space that has one or more of the following characteristics:

      1.   Contains or has known potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere.

      2.   Contains material with the potential for engulfment of an entrant.

      3.   Has an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or a floor that slopes downward and tapers to a smaller cross section.

      4.   Contains any other recognized serious health hazard.

   B.   Examples of permit required-confined spaces include process vessels, crawl spaces, vats, boilers, storage tanks, pipelines, wells, manholes, sewers ventilation and exhaust ducts, pits or any underground areas.

A more complete list of definitions is found in section t, "Appendix A", of this chapter. (2019 Compilation)