Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 005 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1): The employer does not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by 29 CFR 1910.146 (permit required confined spaces) acquire the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned: The employer does not protect employees from hazards associated with permit-required confined spaces by providing permit-required confined space training to employees assigned duties involving entry into permit-required confined spaces: (a) On or about March 10, 2014, the employer did not provide permit-required confined space training to employees assigned to enter the shredder discharge pit to perform cleaning. To abate this violation, the employer must provide permit-required confined space training for employees (authorized entrants, authorized attendants, and entry supervisors) to ensure that they acquire the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary to safely perform their assigned duties. Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903.19, the employer must submit an abatement plan within 25 days of the final order date identifying the steps being taken to achieve abatement, including a schedule for completing abatement, and what it is doing to protect employees until abatement has been completed (An abatement plan and periodic progress reports may also be required if the abatement period is more than 90 days). ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 29 CFR 1903.19(d).