WAC 296-809-50006   Keep and review your entry permits.  

     You must:

     • Keep entry permits for at least one year.

     • Keep entry permits or other atmospheric monitoring records that show the actual atmosphere an employee entered or worked in, as employee exposure records.

     • Review your permit-required confined space entry program as follows:

     – Conduct a review when you have any reason to believe your entry program may not protect employees, and revise your program before allowing subsequent entries.

    

Note:	Examples of circumstances requiring the review of your program include the following:
	• There is unauthorized entry of a permit space.
	• A permit space hazard not covered by the permit is found.
	• A condition prohibited by the permit occurs.
	• An injury or near-miss occurs during entry.
	• There is a change in the use or configuration of a permit space.
	• An employee complains about the effectiveness of the program.

     You must:

     – Review canceled entry permits within one year following each entry to evaluate:

     ▪ Your permit-required confined space program.

     ▪ The protection provided to employees entering permit-required confined spaces.

     – Update your written permit-required confined space entry program as necessary.

Note:

Employers may perform a single annual review covering all entries performed during a twelve-month period. If no entry is performed during a twelve-month period, no review is necessary.

Reference:

Keep employee exposure records according to chapter 296-62 WAC, Part B, Access to records.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 04-03-081, § 296-809-50006, filed 1/20/04, effective 5/1/04.]