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29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4):When the employer decides that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer shall develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146: a. General Aluminum Mfg. Company - Wapakoneta, Ohio: On or about February 12, 2022, the employer had not developed a written permit space program that addressed the required standard elements for full body entry under the Empire casting machines when performing activities for service and maintenance within the space, thereby exposing employees to caught-in and burn hazards. With respect to the spaces located under the casting machines, the company's confined space written procedures lacked the development of items such as, but not limited to, the following: i. Specific measures necessary to prevent unauthorized entry into the space under the casting machines as required by 1910.146(d)(1); ii. Specific means, procedures, and practices necessary for specifying acceptable conditions for entry under the casting machines as required by 1910.146(d)(3)(i); iii. Specific means, procedures, and practices necessary for verifying that conditions in the spaces under the casting machines are acceptable for entry throughout the duration of an authorized entry as required by 1910.146(d)(3)(vi); iv. Specific designation of the persons who are to have active roles in operations for entering the space under the casting machines as required by 1910.146(d)(8); v. Specific procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services to the space under the casting machines, for rescuing entrants from the space, for providing necessary emergency services to employees rescued from the space, and for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue into the space as required by 1910.146(d)(9); vi. Specific procedures for reviewing entry operations into the space under the casting machines when the employer has reason to believe that the measures taken under the permit space program may not protect employees and revising the program to correct deficiencies found to exit before subsequent entries are authorized as required by 1910.146(d)(13); vii. Specific procedures for reviewing the permit space program's effectiveness for the space under the casting machines using cancelled permits and revising the program as necessary as required by 1910.146(d)(14). In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification. This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.