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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 or about 1/24/22; The employer required employees to enter Batch House #2 Check Scale to perform maintenance activities such as cleaning the scale. This space was a permit required confined space and employees entered the space without the employer implementing a Permit Required Confined Space Program. Measures required to be implemented, as specified in paragraph (d) of the standard, include but are not limited to, identifying, and evaluating the hazards of the permit space prior to entry, isolating the permit space, evaluating atmospheric hazards, providing equipment needed for safe access and egress, entry and rescue. Abatement documentation is required for this item.