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29 CFR 1926.1204: Permit-required confined space program

Subpart AA—Confined Spaces in Construction

380citations since 2015
136employers cited
82%serious, willful or repeat
$0median penalty per item

OSHA has cited 29 CFR 1926.1204 380 times since 2015, against 136 employers. Penalties on these items add up to $1,823,709 at their current amounts.

Citations per year

The parts of the rule cited most

1926.1204(b) · 47 citations

(b) Identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before employees enter them;

1926.1204(c) · 41 citations

(c) Develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations, including, but not limited to, the following:

1926.1204(i) · 41 citations

(i) Develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services (including procedures for summoning emergency assistance in the event of a failed non-entry rescue), for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue;

1926.1204(e)(1) · 26 citations

(1) Test conditions in the permit space to determine if acceptable entry conditions exist before changes to the space's natural ventilation are made, and before entry is authorized to begin, except that, if an employer demonstrates that isolation of the space is infeasible because the space is large or is part of a continuous system (such as a sewer), the employer must:

1926.1204(d)(8) · 21 citations

(8) Rescue and emergency equipment needed to comply with paragraph (i) of this section, except to the extent that the equipment is provided by rescue services; and

1926.1204(d)(1) · 19 citations

(1) Testing and monitoring equipment needed to comply with paragraph (e) of this section;

1926.1204(e)(2) · 15 citations

(2) Continuously monitor atmospheric hazards unless the employer can demonstrate that the equipment for continuously monitoring a hazard is not commercially available or that periodic monitoring is of sufficient frequency to ensure that the atmospheric hazard is being controlled at safe levels. If continuous monitoring is not used, periodic monitoring is required with sufficient frequency to ensure that acceptable entry conditions are being maintained during the course of entry operations;

1926.1204(h) · 15 citations

(h) Designate each person who is to have an active role (as, for example, authorized entrants, attendants, entry supervisors, or persons who test or monitor the atmosphere in a permit space) in entry operations, identify the duties of each such employee, and provide each such employee with the training required by § 1926.1207;

Industries cited most

  • Construction 324
  • Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 20
  • Manufacturing 14
  • Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 9
  • Wholesale Trade 6
  • Utilities 3

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