Protecting Construction Workers in Confined Spaces: A Worker Safety Net Training Program

For years construction worker have been required to follow OSHA's confined space standard for general industry and that caused a lot of problems to the point many projects just did the best they could to be safe but had to work without fully following the rules.In 2015 OSHA promulgated the Construction Confined Space standard that allowed for the dynamics of constriction work and provided a more effective program for it.This manual is similar to the training handouts provided for Worker Safety Net's Construction Confined Space course, with some additions for its use by supervisors on construction projects.This guide is intended to help small businesses comply with the Confined Spaces standard. It addresses the most common compliance issues that employers will face and provides sufficient detail to serve as a useful compliance guide. It does not, however, describe all provisions of the standard or alter the compliance responsibilities set forth in the standard, which is published at 29 CFR §§ 1926.1200-1213. The reader must refer to the standard itself, which is available on OSHA’s website and in the Code of Federal Regulations, to determine all of the steps that must be taken to comply with the standard. Read more