Acts and Regulations

91-191 - General

Section 262.022
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Emergency response team
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262.022(1)An employer and a contractor shall each ensure that an emergency response team is present and ready to respond immediately if the confined space
(a) contains or could develop an atmospheric or other hazard, or
(b) has an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a floor which slopes downward and tapers to a smaller cross-section.
262.022(2)If a confined space contains an IDLH atmosphere, an employer and a contractor shall each ensure that an emergency response team is able to reach the entrant within three minutes after the attendant initiates the emergency response procedure.
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