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Permit-Required Confined Spaces
This suborder establishes the requirements for identifying, evaluating, and entering permit-required confined spaces (pits, manholes, equipment/reactors that personnel may enter and work in, spaces below sub-floors where someone may enter, etc. and be exposed health and safety related hazards) along with the organizational roles and responsibilities for ensuring that those requirements are met.
Created April 2, 2014, Updated February 17, 2026