PDFWAC 296-809-500

Permit entry procedures.

Your responsibility:
To establish procedures for the safe permit-required entry of confined spaces.
You must meet the requirements …
in this section:
Implement procedures for safe entry into permit-required confined spaces
Use an entry permit that contains all required information
Keep and review your entry permits
Prevent unauthorized entry
Provide, maintain and use proper equipment
Evaluate and control hazards for safe entry
Make sure you have adequate rescue and emergency services available
Use nonentry rescue systems or methods whenever possible
Make sure entry supervisors perform their responsibilities and duties
Provide an attendant outside the permit-required confined space
Make sure entrants know the hazardous conditions and their duties
Implement procedures for ending entry
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060 and chapter 49.17 RCW. WSR 18-02-071, § 296-809-500, filed 1/2/18, effective 2/5/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. WSR 15-24-102, § 296-809-500, filed 12/1/15, effective 1/5/16; WSR 04-03-081, § 296-809-500, filed 1/20/04, effective 5/1/04.]