Confined Space Consulting
Pinchin Environmental Confined Space Services
- In-House Awareness Sessions
- Gap Analysis (e.g. current program vs. new regulation)
- Program Updates
- Hazard Assessments
- Plan and Permit Development
- Training (general and plan specific)
- Other on-site consultation customized to the specific requirements of the client.
"Big Bullet Points: Industrial Establishments & Other Section Regulations:
Amendments to the Industrial Establishments Regulation (as well as three other sector regulations and a new generic confined space regulation) came into effect Sept. 30th, 2006.
To briefly summarize, an employer must:
- Prepare a Confined Space Program (among other things, the program will set out the roles and responsibilities of workplace parties).
- Conduct a Hazard Assessment to identify confined spaces and the associated hazards. This assessment must be done by a “qualified person” who must sign and date the assessment report.
- Prepare Plans for each space or spaces “of similar construction and present the same hazards” (i.e. the safe entry procedures).
- Prepare Permits to be completed each time a space is entered, to ensure and document that the appropriate plan has been followed.
- Provide plan-specific training.
There are other requirements of the regulation including preparing “Co-ordination Documents” for entries where employees from more than one employer may enter the space.
For more detailed information please see our PEN 29 Newletter, "Ontario's New Confined Space Regulations" .
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Confined Space Breakfasts and Courses:
For information about training in relation to confined space, see our courses page.
Ontario Gazette:
For information about O.Reg 628/05 from the Ontario Gazette, see PDF Below.
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