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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 program that complied with this section: During the period between May 1, 2015 and October 2, 2015: The employer failed to develop and implement a written permit-required confined space program for employees entering confined spaces. In late May 2015, multiple employees entered Retort #4 to perform servicing and maintenance activities. Permit-required confined space elements not developed and implemented for entries into spaces, including the Retort #4, included, but are not limited to: a. Measures to prevent unauthorized entry as required by 1910.146(d)(1) b. Hazard identification and evaluation as required by 1910.146(d)(2) c. Means, procedures, and practices for safe permit entry operations including the specification of acceptable entry conditions; provisions for authorized entrants or their authorized representative to observe any monitoring or testing; isolation of the space; purging, inerting, flushing, or ventilating as necessary to eliminate or control atmospheric hazards, and verifying that conditions in the permit space are acceptable for entry throughout the duration of an authorized entry as required by 1910.146(d)(3). d. Necessary equipment as required by 1910.146(d)(4) e. Evaluation of permit space conditions as required by 1910.146(d)(5) f. Providing attendant(s) as required by 1910.146(d)(6) g. Designation of active roles (authorized entrants, attendants, entry supervisors) in entry operations as required by 1910.146(d)(8) h. Procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services; for rescuing entrants from permit spaces; for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees; and for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue as required by 1910.146(d)(9) i. A system for the preparation, issuance, use, and cancellation of entry permits as required by 1910.146(d)(10) j. Procedures necessary for concluding the entry as required by 1910.146(d)(12) k. Review of entry operations and the permit space program as required by 1910.146(d)(13)and (d)(14) l. Training as required by 1910.146(g) m. Non-entry rescue retrieval methods or systems as required by 1910.146(k)(3) n. Employee participation as required by 1910.146(l)