Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 1 51 of 53 8 CONFIN ED S PACE C OD E OF PR ACTI CE Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 018 P age Nu m b e r 1 of 1 9 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e J a nua r y 1 2013 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e J a nua r y 1 2013 10 PURPO S E The purp ose of this pro gr a m i s to ensur e the pr ote c ti on of a ll B e lt e rr a e mpl o y e e s fr om t he h a z a rds a ssocia ted w it h c onfin e d spa c e e n e r g y This docu ment c ontains re quire m e nts for pra c ti c e s a nd proc e dur e s to p rote c t e mpl o y e e s fr om t hose ha z a r ds of e ntr y int o a nd wor k withi n pe rmit re quire d c onfine d spa c e s I t i s the poli c y of B e lt e rr a C orpor a ti on to re du c e t he ne e d fo r c onfin e d spa c e e ntr y a nd to elim inate whe ne ve r possibl e a ll c o nfine d spa c e ha z a rds W he n c onfine d sp a c e e ntr y is nec e ssar y a ll prov isi ons of the Confine d S pa c e Entr y P ro g r a m m ust be f oll owe d Be lt e rra C orporat ion do e s not have C onfi ne d Spa c e s in any on e of t he ir br anc he s Our w ork e rs how e v e r c om e int o c onta c t w it h c onfi ne d spac e s w he n pe rfor ming tas k s at c ustome r si tes For all C onfi ne d spac e e ntrye nt ries at a custome r si te e mploy e e s must f oll ow c ustome r spec if ic C onfi ne d Spac e Entry P rogram s Be lt e rras SEL 018 w il l o nly be uti li ze d w he n there are no c ustome r spe c if i c C onfi ne d Spac e Entry Programs av ail able The program re quirem e nts m ust t he n be c arri e d out under the supe rv isi on of a trai ne d c e rti fi e d e x pe rie nc e d and c omp e tent Safe ty offi c e r 20 S CO PE The C onfine d S pa c e Entr y W o rk St a nda rd a ppli e s to all B e lt e rr a e mpl o y e e s who ma na g e sp e c if y de sig n wo rk in a nd or c a rr y out eme r g e nc y re sc u e s in conf ined spa c e 30 DE F INITIO N OF A C O N F INE D S PA C E A c onfine d spa c e me a ns a spa c e th a t is l a rge e nou g h a nd so c o nfig ur e d that a n e mpl o y e e c a n bodil y e nte r a nd pe rf orm a ssi g ne d wo rk ha s li mi ted or re stricte d mea ns for e nt r y or e x it and I s not de si g n e d for c onti nuous hum a n oc c upa n c y Ex a mpl e s of c onfine d spa c e s incl ude but a re not l im it e d to s tora g e tanks p roc e ss vess e ls bi ns si los boil e rs ve nti lation or e x ha ust du c ts s e we rs pip e c ha ssi s unde r g round uti l it y va ult s tun ne ls and pipelines A pe rmit re quir e d c onfin e d spa c e m e a ns a c onfine d spa c e that e it he r c ontains or ha s the pote nt ial to conta in a ha z a rdous a tm osphe re c ontains a mate ria l t ha t h a s the pote nti a l for e n g ul fing a n e ntra nt ha s a n int e rna l c onfi g ura t ion su c h that a n e ntra nt c ould be tr a ppe d or a sph y x iate d b y inw a rdl y c onve r g in g w a ll s or b y a floor whic h sl ope s down wa rd a nd tap e rs to a smal ler c ross s e c ti on or C ontains a n y other s e rio us saf e t y or he a lt h ha z a rd