Subgrade Specialties, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

29 CFR 1926.1203 · Confined Spaces in Construction: general requirements

29 CFR 1926.1203(a)

(a) Before it begins work at a worksite, each employer must ensure that a competent person identifies all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directs may work, and identifies each space that is a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary.

29 CFR 1926.1203(d)

(d) If any employer decides that employees it directs will enter a permit space, that employer must have a written permit space program that complies with § 1926.1204 implemented at the construction site. The written program must be made available prior to and during entry operations for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives.

29 CFR 1926.1203(e)(2)(iii)

(iii) Before an employee enters the space, the internal atmosphere must be tested, with a calibrated direct-reading instrument, for oxygen content, for flammable gases and vapors, and for potential toxic air contaminants, in that order. Any employee who enters the space, or that employee's authorized representative, must be provided an opportunity to observe the pre-entry testing required by this paragraph.

29 CFR 1926.1204 · Permit-required confined space program

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause