Attendant Responsibilities
The Attendant should be stationed outside the work space and should:
The Attendant should be stationed outside the work space.
- Be knowledgeable of, and be able to recognize potential confined space hazards.
- Maintain a sign-in/sign-out log with a count of all persons in the confined space and ensure all entrants sign-in/sign-out.
- Monitor surrounding activities to ensure the safety of personnel.
- Maintain effective and continuous communication with personnel during confined space entry, work and exit.
- Order personnel to evacuate the confined space if he/she:
- Observes a condition which is not allowed on the entry permit;
- Notices the entrants acting strangely, possibly as a result of exposure to hazardous substances;
- Notices a situation outside the confined space which could endanger personnel;
- Notices within the confined space a hazard which has not been previously recognized or taken into consideration;
- Must leave his/her work station; or
- Must focus attention on the rescue of personnel in some other confined space that he/she is monitoring.
- Immediately summon the Rescue Team if crew rescue becomes necessary.
- Keep unauthorized persons out of the confined space, order them out, or notify authorized personnel of the unauthorized entry.
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7-4. What should confined space attendants do if they notice entrants behaving strangely?
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