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29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146: a) On February 8, 2016 and times prior the employer did not develop or implement a system to re-classify permit-required confined spaces including the Ductile Muller which included a written certification that all hazards in a permit space had been eliminated prior to employees entering the spaces. b) On February 8, 2016 and times prior the employer did not implement their permit required confined space entry program (including filling out entry permits) for employees who were entering the permit required confined spaces, such as the Ductile Muller, where lock-out of hazardous energy sources was the only means utilized to control the permit required confined space hazards. The following procedures were not followed 1. Procedures to identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces. 2. Procedures necessary for safe permit space entry operations. 3. Procedures for preparing, issuing, using, and canceling entry permits. 4. Procedures for reviewing and revising entry operations. 5. Procedures for reviewing and revising the permit space program c) On February 8, 2016 an employee was exposed to moving machine parts when the hazardous energy sources associated with the Ductile Muller were not controlled after a lock-out device was removed in order to test or position internal parts within the Ductile Muller. The employer's permit required confined space program did not address employees re-certifying the basis for all hazards in the space being eliminated each time lock-out devices were removed for testing and positioning and were then supposed to be re-applied prior to re-entering the confined space. Abatement documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.