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Confined
Space Program

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POLICY:

Monmouth University employees who may be required to enter any of the locations listed in the Attachment of this policy, must follow the procedures in the Monmouth University Permit Required Confined Space Program.  This program has been developed to prevent unauthorized entry, identify and evaluate confined space hazards, and establish procedures and practices for safe entry, including testing, monitoring, and rescue.

OVERVIEW:

OSHA’s confined space standard (29 CFR 1910.146) is based on the premise that employees who work in confined spaces in the workplace face increased risk of injury.

The standard is intended to protect workers in confined spaces from toxic, explosive, or asphyxiating atmospheres and from possible engulfment from small particles, such as sawdust.  It focuses on areas with immediate health or safety risk, denoting these as “permit required” confined space.

Under the standard, Monmouth University must identify all permit required spaces in the workplace, prevent unauthorized entry into them, and protect authorized workers from hazards through a permit space program.

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CONFINED SPACE VERSUS PERMIT REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE:

A confined space is defined as an area which:

1.  Has adequate size and configuration for an employee to enter and perform assigned work;
2.  Has limited means of access or egress;
3.  Is not designed for continuous employee occupancy.

A permit required confined space has one or more of the following characteristics:

Contains or has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere;
Contains a material that has the potential for engulfing the entrant (e.g., a liquid or finely divided solid substance);
Floor which slopes downward and tapers to a smaller cross-section;
Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard.

PERMIT REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE ENTRY PROCEDURES:

Confined Space Entry Permit:

Before anyone enters the permit space, a Permit Form must be completed and approved by a Permit Supervisor.  The Permit Supervisor goes through the permit and checklist to make sure all necessary hazard controls are in place and signs the permit.  Re-evaluation of conditions by the Authorized Supervisor is required at intervals and when a shift-change occurs, or a new Permit Supervisor takes over.  OSHA requires that the following information appear on the Permit:

 Identification of the space
 Purpose of entry
 Date and duration of the permit
 List of authorized entrants
 Names of the current attendants and entry supervisor
 List of any hazards in the permit space
 List of measures to isolate the permit space and eliminate or control hazards
 Acceptable entry conditions
 Results of tests (initialed by the person or persons who performed them)
 Rescue and emergency services available, and how to summon them
 Communication procedures for attendants/entrants
 Required equipment (e.g., respirators, communication devices, alarms)
 Any other necessary information or other permits needed (such as for hot work).

AUTHORIZED ENTRANTS:

The OSHA standard requires that authorized entrants of a permit-required confined space must know the hazards they may face, be able to recognize signs and symptoms of exposure, and understand the consequences of exposure to hazards.  Entrants must know how to use any needed equipment, communicate with attendants as necessary, alert attendants to the warning signs or the existence of a hazardous condition, and exit as quickly as possible whenever ordered to or alerted to do so by alarm, warning sign, or prohibited conditions.

Therefore, authorized entrants must receive training with respect to working in connection with permit spaces before they can enter a Permit Required Confined Space.

Attendants:

An attendant to a Permit Required Confined Space must know the hazards of exposures, must maintain continuous count and identification of authorized entrants, must remain outside the space until relieved, and should communicate with entrants as necessary to monitor activities inside and outside the permit space.  The attendant orders exit if required, summons rescuers if necessary, prevents unauthorized entry into the confined space, and performs non-entry rescues if required.  Attendants may not perform other duties that interfere with their primary duty to monitor and protect the safety of authorized entrants.  Attendants must receive training with respect to working with permit spaces before they can perform the above duties.

Entry Supervisors:

Entry supervisors with responsibility for issuing confined space permits must know the hazards of confined spaces, verify that all tests have been conducted and all procedures and equipment are in place before endorsing a permit, terminate entry if necessary, cancel permits, and verify that rescue services are available and the means for summoning them are operable.  Supervisors are to remove unauthorized individuals who enter the permit space.  They also must determine, at least when shifts and entry supervisors change, that acceptable conditions, as specified in the permit, continue to exist.  Entry supervisors must receive training with respect to working with permit spaces before they can perform the above duties.

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TRAINING:

Training with respect to working in connection with permit spaces is required of all Authorized Entrants, Attendants, and Entry Supervisors.  The objective of the training is for employees to acquire the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned.  As a minimum, the following training will be provided as follows:

Authorized Entrants
Attendants
Entry Supervisors
Hazard Communication
Emergency Response
Bloodborne Pathogens

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CONFINED SPACE RESCUE PROCEDURES:

Pre-Emergency Planning and Coordination with Outside Parties:

The following are the ways in which Monmouth University will work with external emergency response authorities in the event of an emergency in a Permit Required Confined Space Area.

Walter Bertelson, Entry Supervisor, will direct the emergency response activities.  Attached is a list of all persons in Monmouth University who are qualified to act as Emergency Coordinators in the absence of the Entry Supervisor.  There will be at least one person present in the facility or on-call at all times who can act as an Emergency Coordinator.

This list will be updated as changes occur.  Response team members will be available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The Entry Supervisor will act as a liaison with the following external emergency response authorities:

This plan has been discussed with the above parties and is compatible with their disaster, fire and/or Confined Space Emergency Response Plans.

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PERMIT REQUIRED CONFINED SPACES:

Boiler Room Theater  (Hatch Ladder will remove)
800 - Boiler Room - (Enlarge well will remove)
700 - Boiler Room
600N - Boiler Room
P/PLT  Boiler
CIT’s  Chillers (CIT Boiler Rooms [Dorms except Pinewood and Elmwood])
Electric Man Hole 7+
Under Water Theater Green Lighting in Hole (Fountain Area)


Wilson Hall
Rifle Range
Fine Arts - Boiler Room
Sewer Ejector Room
Oil Tanks


Sewer Manhole
30 ft. E of Cedar Entrance
93 ft. W NW of NW Corner of Spruce
40 ft. W of Laurel Boiler Room?
42 ft. W NW of W Entrance to Elmwood
18 ft. NE of NE Corner of Pinewood
Middle Walls way under Edison Howard Link
Mid field S of College Center
150 W SW of SW Corner of College Center
Walking 10 ft. S of Mid Physical Ed. Building
N of Garden Apts. 1-7
E of Garden Apts. 1-7
E of Garden Apts. 2-6
E of Dining Hall
E of Howard
S of Dining Hall
N of Great Lawn Apts.
E of Bldg. 3 Great Lawn Apts.
S of Great Lawn Apts.
S end of Brook Willow
College Place roadway E. of Beechwood
N of 800 Bldg.
E of 800 Bldg.
E of 700 in field
E of 700 in island
E of College Center
Wilson Hall near loading docks
Wilson Hall near NE Corner


Storm Drain Leaching Well
12 ft. SE Corner of E wing of Elmwood Hall
16 ft. N W of NW Corner of Spruce
15 ft. W of SW corner E wing of Elmwood
36 ft. W of SW Corner of E wing Elmwood
15 ft. SE of SW Corner W wing Elmwood
24 ft. NE of Elmwood E steps
10 ft. E of NE Corner of Elmwood E wing
18 ft. S  of SW Entry Door to Health Center
51 ft. NE of SE Corner of Pinewood
27 ft. W of Pinewood fire hydrant
9  ft. E of Pinewood Ave. 9 ft. S of S property line
15 ft. W of rear entrance steps to Pinewood
60 ft. NE of Library loading docks
48 ft. Edison W steps
6 ft. N Physical Plant office entrance
51 ft. N Physical Plant office entrance
25 ft. S Dining Hall loading docks
20 ft. S Dining Hall loading docks steps
60 ft. S of SW corner of Dining Hall
40 ft. W Dining Hall Main Entrance
25 ft. E Dining Hall Patio
25 ft. E Dining Hall E Emergency Exit
15 ft. S Garden Apt. #6
5 ft.E of 600 Bldg. in Center


Storm Drain Manhole

9 ft. NE of SE corner of Spruce
36 ft. W of Laurel boiler room door
42 ft. W of Willow boiler room door
9 ft. E of Pinewood Ave. 27ft. S of 3 property line
12 ft. NE Bey Hall NE Corner
24 ft. NE Bey drain
15 ft. N of Bey NE corner
60 ft. N of Bey NE entry doors
15 ft. W of Edison foundation 35ft. from SW edge
15 ft. W of  W Edison steps
12 ft. NW of NW Corner of Edison
93 ft. S of S Gym doors


Water Valve Pits
End of W main campus driveway just inside gate at Cedar
E of Dining Hall between fence and Norwood
80 ft. N of Norwood gate 15ft. inside fence
360 ft. S of Norwood entrance 30ft. inside fence
50 ft. NW from Health Center front entrance
30 ft. S of SE corner of Beechwood
30 ft. SE of Library loading docks
15 ft. from street 10ft. W of driveway entrance to Fine Arts Theater
30 ft. NW of NW Corner of parking lot


Electric and Phone Underground Vaults
E & P 30 yards W of Tennis Courts
E & P walkway NE Corner of Gym
E & P Grass 15ft. S of hydrant near Tennis Courts
E & P 30 ft. E of SE Corner of Pool
E & P 30 ft. W of SW Corner of College Center
E & P 30 ft. S of SE Corner of College Center
E 10 ft. E of Bey Hall Transformers
Filter vault 120 ft. N of NW Corner of Wilson Annex

Sump Pits
Edison Science - boiler room NW corner
Gym pool - filter room NW corner
Elmwood Hall - boiler room E end of boiler recess area
W Wilson Hall - boiler room SW area


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