Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 004A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3)(i): Develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations, including, but not limited to, the following: Specifying acceptable entry conditions. a) From October 8, 2020 to January 4, 2021, the employer reclassified and entered the powder coat process line , a permit required confined space, on 13 occasions without implementing the means, procedure and practices specifying safe entry conditions in order for maintenance employees to perform repairs and preventive maintenance. The cure oven did not have the natural gas locked out until November of 2020, the preheat oven and cure oven were not isolated from the natural gas using a double block and bleed, and the atmosphere was not tested in the spaces for natural gas, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and oxygen deficiency.