Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002A Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.1203(a): Before it begins work at a worksite, each employer must ensure that a competent person identifies all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directs may work, and identifies each space that is a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary. a. On or before August 31, 2018, the employer failed to ensure a competent person identified a confined space as a permit space through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including air testing, resulting in the hospitalization of 2 employees as a result of an exposure to an oxygen deficient atmosphere.