...Session No.744 NFPA 350 Guide for Safe Confined Space Entry and Work Nancy A. Pearce CIH Sr. Fire Protection Engineer, NFPA Quincy, MA Robert A. Rusczek, CIH, CSP Certified Safety & Health, LLC Wilbraham, MA Introduction OSHA s Permit Required Confined Spaces general industry standard was issued...

...) with the existing general industry 1910.146 and the newly revised ANSI Z117.1 2015 standard. The new construction standard is very similar to the general industry standard, however is slightly modified to address the construction 2 industry and some of the differences in activities that make construction unique...

.... For the purpose of this report the term OSHA General industry standards will refer to 29 CFR 1910 and the term OSHA Construction standards will refer to 29 CFR 1926. It is frequently observed that students in the general industry classes are unaware that certain construction standards are critical to their safety...

... with multiple regulations is too onerous a requirement. OSHA's experts in the two separate cases testified that the work being performed at the time of the fatalities was maintenance work, which falls under the general industry standard. (In one of the cases, OSHA's Department of Labor's solicitors even hedged...

... with the General Industry Standard for Permit Required Confined Spaces (29 CFR 1910.146). Trying to avoid the general industry requirements creates a two-fold problem: workers are often inadequately protected during confined space entry operations, and the employer may not be in compliance with the OSHA...