Corsafety.ca shall ensure that all attendants:
Know the hazards that may be faced during entry, including information on the mode, signs, symptoms, and consequences of the exposure.
- Procedures will be developed for each confined space to properly protect personnel during entry. Barriers will be constructed as necessary to protect entrants from external hazards such as pedestrian, vehicle, or other external hazards.
- In addition, procedures must be developed for each confined space to verify that conditions in the permit space are acceptable for entry during its duration.
- Attendants are aware of possible behaviour effects of hazard exposure in authorized entrants.
- Continuously maintain an accurate count of authorized entrants in the permit space and ensure that the means used to identify authorized entrants accurately identifies who is in the permit space.
- Remain outside of the permit space during entry operations and cannot leave the area until all workers have left the confined space or relieved by another attendant. If an attendant is trained and equipped for rescue, they may attempt non-entry rescue, provided that they have been relieved by a properly outfitted and trained attendant. Any unauthorized personnel will be prohibited from attempting any type of rescue.
- Corsafety.ca management does not allow more than one confined space to be monitored by the attendant at any one time, and if an emergency arises, that person will contact the entry supervisor by voice, radio, or messenger for assistance.
- Communicate with authorized entrants as necessary to monitor entrant status and alert entrants of the need to evacuate the space as required.
- Monitor activities inside and outside the space to determine if it is safe for entrants to remain in the space and order the authorized entrants to evacuate the permit space immediately under any of the following conditions:
- If they detect a prohibited condition
- If Oxygen levels fall below 19.5% or rise above 23%
- If rescue and emergency services are unavailable for any reason
- If they detect the behavioural effects of hazard exposure in an authorized entrant
- If they detect a situation outside the space that could endanger the authorized entrants
- If they cannot, for any reason, effectively and safely perform all the duties required.
- Summon rescue and other emergency services as soon as they determine that authorized entrants may need assistance to escape from permit space hazards. By whatever means are available (voice, radio, phone) the attendant shall notify their immediate supervisor, or host facility operator for emergencies.
- Take the following actions when unauthorized persons approach or enter a permit space while entry is underway:
- Warn the unauthorized persons that they must stay away from the permit space.
- Advise the unauthorized persons that they must exit immediately if they have entered the permit space.
- Inform the authorized entrants and the entry supervisor if unauthorized persons have entered the permit space.
- Perform non-entry rescue as specified by the Corsafety.ca rescue procedure.
- Perform no duties that might interfere with their primary duty to monitor and protect the authorized entrants.
