Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 005B Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.146(j): Duties of entry supervisors. The employer shall ensure that each entry supervisor: 1910.146(j)(1) Knows the hazards that may be faced during entry, including information on the mode, signs or symptoms, and consequences of the exposure; 1910.146(j)(2) Verifies, by checking that the appropriate entries have been made on the permit, that all tests specified by the permit have been conducted and that all procedures and equipment specified by the permit are in place before endorsing the permit and allowing entry to begin. a) On or about October 8, 2020, the employer had not ensured that each entry supervisor knew the hazards in the permit required confined spaced and verified that the appropriate entries had been made, all tests specified by the permit were conducted, and that the procedures were in place before endorsing the permit in that the entry supervisors failed to recognize the atmospheric hazards present from the natural gas and the byproducts from heating the SOL Epoxy DK15-0907 Epoxy Powder Phenol Novolac Epoxy 2-Methylimidazole which created carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen oxide, and had not ensure that employees were locking out the natural gas line on the cure oven, and had not ensured proper isolation of the natural gas line.