|
THE ORCBS > Occupational Safety > Programs & Guidelines > Confined Space > Confined Space Entry Program >
 Definition
of a Confined Space
A confined space
means a space that:
- Is large
enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter and
perform assigned work; and
- Has limited
or restricted means for entry or exit;and
- Is not designed
for continuous human occupancy.
Examples of confined
spaces include but are not limited to storage tanks, process vessels,
bins, silos, boilers, ventilation or exhaust ducts, sewers, pipe chassis,
underground utility vaults, tunnels, pipelines, and manure pits.
A permit-required
confined space means a confined space that has one or more of the
following characteristics:
- Contains
or has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere.
- Contains
a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant.
- 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 to a smaller cross-section.
- Contains
any other recognized serious safety or health hazard.
Appendix A contains
the definitions for the MSU Confined Space Program.
Responsibilities
Confined Space Table of Contents
|
