Oregon OSHA Confined spaces

Div 2, General Industry, Sub J	1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces
Div 3, Construction, Sub C	General Safety and Health Provisions
Div 4, Agriculture, Sub J	437-004-1105 to 1275 Work Environment

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Program Directives

Permit-Required Confined Spaces (PRCS)

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Interpretations

08/04/00	Construction Activity vs. Maintenance Work
06/07/99	Train the Trainer
03/27/98	Clarification of Posting
03/27/98	Safety Response in confined spaces (revised 7/2003)
12/29/97	Permit required confined spaces in vaults
08/15/97	Rescue work in confined spaces
04/07/97	Fall protection in confined spaces
03/21/97	Competency testing vs Competency Training
03/12/97	Clarification on the status of fish hatcheries
01/14/97	Scrubbing tanks without entering
12/29/96	Permit-required confined space clarifications
09/30/96	Welding in a confined space
09/23/96	Entry rescue
08/06/96	Retrieval systems
07/11/96	Reclassifying permit required confined spaces
06/26/96	Using PVC for general ventilation
01/03/96	Entering baghouses
10/19/94	Confined Spaces rescue services
03/21/94	2-Nitropropane
07/13/93	Confined Space Rescue
04/11/81	Confined Space hazards in cleaning-enclosed dairy equipment

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Publications

Not designed to be occupied - How to work safely in a permit-required confined space

Not designed to be occupied publication 2864, Fill-in forms and documents that are included with the publication

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Fact Sheets/Hazard Alerts/Technical Notes

08/19/05	Fact Sheet: Permit-required confined spaces
05/30/02	Federal OSHA Hazard alert: Exposure to Hazards Associated with Temporary Enclosures
09/13/00	Hazard Alert: Confined Spaces - Winery Vessels
10/14/97	Hazard Alert: Asphyxiation in pits - Potential confined space problem
05/10/96	Technical Note: Rescue descent equipment

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Education

215 - Introduction to Confined Space Safety
Workbook	pdf / ppt

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Video/DVD Library

Confined Space Video/DVD available on our Recource Center secure web site

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