PDFWAC 296-307-65008

Prevent unauthorized entry.

The employer must implement measures necessary to prevent unauthorized entry into permit-required confined spaces, when conducting authorized entry.
Notes:
1. When removing entrance covers to open the confined space, protect entrants and those outside the confined space from hazards.
 
2. Examples of measures to prevent unauthorized entry are signs, barricades, warning tape, and an attendant.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 20-21-091, § 296-307-65008, filed 10/20/20, effective 11/20/20; WSR 05-01-166, § 296-307-65008, filed 12/21/04, effective 4/2/05.]