U.S. Department of Labor
OSHA Confined Spaces Advisor
Results of the Session with the Confined Spaces Advisor
You said that you want to determine whether a particular space is a Permit-Required Confined Space.
You said that the space in question is large enough for a worker to enter bodily.
You said that the space is so configured that a worker can perform work inside.
You said that the space has restricted entry or exit.
You said that the space is designed for continuous human occupancy.
You said that the confined space has a hazardous atmosphere.
You said that the confined space has the potential for a hazardous atmosphere.
You said that the confined space contains a material with the potential to engulf an entrant.
You said that the confined space has a configuration that could cause an entrant to be trapped or asphyxiated.
You said that the confined space has a floor that slopes down to a narrower cross-section.
You said that the confined space has some other known hazard.
You said that you want only summary conclusions of the Permit Space Advisor.
This Advisor concludes that the space in question is a confined space.
This Advisor concludes that confined space in question is a Permit-Required Confined Space.
This Advisor concludes that a non-atmospheric hazard exists.
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