Job Site-Confined Space and/or Permit Required Entry Clause Samples

Job Site-Confined Space and/or Permit Required Entry. If confined space and/or permit required entry is required for the services to be provided, general contractor shall provide subcontractor and Consultant with a completed Confined Space Pre-Entry checklist that complies with 29 CFR 1910.146 and 29 CFR 1926.1200 AA standards for construction as amended and applicable state laws and regulations. general contractor, at its expense, shall obtain any and all required permits and equipment for such entry. general contractor shall determine if the job requires anyone to enter manholes, vaults, lift station, piping, tanks or other confined spaces. Before work at a worksite, general contractor must ensure that a competent person identifies all confined spaces in which one or more of the persons it directs may work, and identifies each space that is a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary. If the workplace contains one or more permit spaces, general contractor who identifies, or who receives notice of, a permit space must: (1) Inform exposed persons by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of, and the danger posed by, each permit space; and a sign reading “DANGER – PERMIT REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER” or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign. (2) Inform, in a timely manner and in a manner other than posting, its employees’ authorized representatives and the controlling contractor of the existence and location of, and the danger posed by, each permit space. If general contractor determines any person will enter a permit space, that host employer must have a written permit space program that complies with §1926.1204 implemented at the construction site. Contractor shall provide appropriate air monitoring equipment, employee training, permit forms, rescue procedures, personnel, and other means necessary to safely and independently enter confined spaces. The written program and permit must be made available prior to and during entry operations for inspection by person(s) who need to enter the space for work or inspection.