The need to communicate with the controlling contractor and entry employers regarding any operations that may have introduced a hazard into a confined space is of paramount importance. The lack of accurate communication and coordination continues to be a cause of confined space fatalities.
Please pay particular attention and review 1926 Subpart AA for requirements to ensure clear communication and coordination between the varied entities that work in or adjacent to the construction areas that have confined spaces. “We believe the new standard offers an increased emphasis and clarification of the requirements that were already in place in the General Industry regulations.” We feel the most significant differences are not complete shifts in an administrative or operational approach to conducting safe permit required confined space operations, but more of an increased emphasis and clarification of the requirements that were already in place in the General Industry regulations. Dynamic in terms of the continuously evolving configuration of the workplace, and also in the diverse and ever-changing makeup of employers and employees depending on the phase of construction. These additional requirements instituted by OSHA are due to the dynamic nature of the construction environment. With the exception of residential construction, the final rule became fully enforceable as of October 2, 2015. In this article, we will point out additional requirements for compliance for construction activities involving confined spaces.
In our opinion, the new OSHA regulation for Confined Spaces in Construction (Subpart AA of 1926) was worth the wait! This new standard is well thought out and includes some significant as well as subtle differences from the General Industry Permit Required Confined Space Standard 1910.146. Worth the Wait.OSHA’s Confined Space Standard for Construction
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