['Confined Spaces', 'Signs and Markings']
['Signs and Markings', 'Confined Spaces']
11/07/2023
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OSHA does not specifically require employers to post signs at the entrance of a “non-permit required confined space.” For general industry, a “permit-required confined space” is, generally speaking, a “confined space” with the following characteristics:
- An actual or potential hazardous atmosphere;
- The potential to engulf an entrant;
- An internal configuration that could trap or asphyxiate and entrant; or
- Other serious safety and health hazard.
If a confined space is not a permit space, then that confined space has been determined to have no “serious” hazards. Therefore, there would be little need to identify the space. However, there could be less than serious hazards in an ordinary non-permit required confined space. Posting a sign on a non-permit space would simply be going beyond requirements of 29 CFR 1910.146, the Permit-Required Confined Spaces Standard.
However, where hazards (even less-than-serious ones) are such that failure to post a sign may lead to injury or property damage, then a sign must be posted (or other effective means such as training must be taken). In this case, such a sign for a non-permit required confined space must follow the provisions of 29 CFR 1910.145, the Specifications for Accident Prevention Signs and Tags Standard.
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