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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. At the job site at 201 W. Old 75 HWY, Fairview, Kansas, employees engaged in sign removal activities were exposed to permit-required confined space safety hazards because the employer did not ensure a competent person identified all confined spaces in which employees may work. Employees performing signed work were doing so inside the sign box which is by definition a confined space.