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 58 of 53 8 Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 018 P age Nu m b e r 8 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 o n Re vised Doc u m e n t Apr il 26 2016 Te st t he a tm osphe re p rior to entr y R e c ord th e test re sult s on t he Entr y P e r mi t P e riodic testing ma y be re quire d in s ome c on fine d spa c e s a s d e ter mi ne d a t t he sit e a nd mus t be inc luded on the Entr y P e rmit a nd tool box mee ti ng I f e x posure s a bove Oc c u pa ti ona l He a lt h a nd S a f e t y li mi ts OE L a re e n c ou nter e d im media tel y e x it the a re a I n c onsul tation wit h the supe rvisor identif y t he sourc e o f the ha z a rd a nd de ter mi ne a method to e li mi na te or re duc e the h a z a rd pr ior to re e ntr y 78 Ve nti lation I f a ha z a rdous a tm osphe r e is dete c ted o r is li ke l y t o e x ist the c onfine d spa c e must be ve nti late d a nd a ir c ondit ions re teste d be for e e ntr y I f pur g in g is nec e ssar y e x ter na l re sourc e s c a n pro vide the knowle d g e a nd e quipm e nt re quire d fo r sa f e e ntr y 79 C omm unica ti on Ha ve a s e c ond e mpl o y e e on sit e to m a int a in ong oi ng c omm unic a ti on with an e mpl o y e e e nte ring a c onfine d spa c e Util iz e ha ndhe ld ra dios whe n e nter in g c onfine d s pa c e s wh e re voi c e a udibi li t y m a y be r e duc e d 710 Eme r g e nc y R e spons e P lan I t i s the r e sponsi bil it y o f the br a nc h man a g e r or th e sa fe t y of fic e r to e nsure that a n e mer ge nc y r e spo nse plan ha s be e n d e ve loped or e x it s b y a qu a li fie d a nd c ompete nt i ndivi dua l at a c ustom e r site pr ior t o e nter in g the c on fine d spa c e in ca s e ther e s a n a c c i de nt or other e m e r g e n c y The re sc u e plan must include provisions for on sit e re sc ue proc e dure s o r sa f e wor k pro c e dure s to add re ss re sc ue The plan should i nc lude proc e dur e s in p lac e to e v a c ua te th e c onfine d o r r e stricte d a re a im media tel y in the f oll owing c i rc umst a n c e d W he n a n a lar m i s a c ti va t e d I f the c on c e ntra ti on of ox y ge n insi de the c onfine d spa c e drop s b e low 195 b y volum e or e x c e e ds 23 b y volum e or I f ther e is a sig nifi c a nt ch a nge in t he a mount of ha z a rdous su bstanc e s ins ide the c onfine d sp a c e The re sc u e plan must be teste d to ensur e quick re s c ue of a ll wo rke rs p e rf o r mi ng wor k in a c onfine d spa c e I t m ust cove r the n e c e ssa r y re s c ue e quipm e nt t e a m of r e sc u e rs e v a c ua ti on plan a lar ms and c omm unica ti ons P P E sa fe t y h a rn e sses a nd li fe li n e s first a id ki t and e quip ment a nd re c ov e r y e quipm e nt 80 GAS D E T E CTIO N E Q UIPM E N T M ON I TO R S TA N D A R DS 81 B ump t e st A bump test i s re quire d e a c h da y b e for e use of th e moni tor A bump test i nvolves a ppl y in g a known c onc e ntr a t ion of c a li bra ti on g a s to t he moni tor a c c o rding to the manuf a c tur e r s re c omm e nda ti ons