CONFINED SPACE ENTRY PROCEDURES FLOWCHART

Entry precautions: Entrance Covers. Any conditions making it unsafe to remove an entrance cover must be eliminated before the
cover is removed. When the entrance covers are removed, the opening must be promptly guarded as necessary to prevent an
accidental fall through the opening and to protect the entrants from external hazards.

-Identify and evaluate all potential hazards

a) Review Departmental Inventory.
b) Review entry protocols.
c) Perform any needed air monitoring.
d) Re-evaluate using CSE certification

Implement controls

Classify this entry

class 2A/2B/2C

2A 2B 2C

Sign & provide entrants Sign & provide entrants w/CSE Fill out CSE permit with ES&H
w/CSE certification form certification form coordinator and complete and post
CSE permit.
--Document additional controls

Verify 2A CSE training Verify 2A/2B CSE training Verify 2A/2B/2C CSE training

Secure MSDS for hazardous

materials in space

Prepare needed air monitoring and

Prepare needed air
monitoring equipment
Entry proceeds
ventilation equipment
Prepare needed air monitoring and Install needed ventilation
ventilation equipment
Review procedure to summon BNL
Rescue; Send them entry permit;
contact them immediately before entry
Install needed ventilation
Install personal retrieval
equipment unless it poses a
*Entry proceeds hazard

Assign these personnel

responsibilities:
entrant, entry supervisor, and
attendant
Supervisor removes permit,
notes completion time, and returns it to the
ES&H coordinator Entry proceeds

*if there are any changes in conditions or if any other problems arise,
stop work and evacuate space immediately. CSE - Confined Space Entry
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