New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Lab - Commissioner, Department of Labor
Chapter Lab 1400 - SAFETY AND HEALTH OF EMPLOYEES
Part Lab 1402 - DEFINITIONS
Section Lab 1402.02 - Confined space
Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Lab 1402.02
Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024
"Confined space" means a space that meets the following criteria:
(a) Large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter and perform assigned work;
(b) Has limited or restricted means for entry or exit;
(c) Is not designed for continuous employee occupancy; and
(d) Is potentially hazardous because it:
(1) Contains or has a potential to contain a
hazardous atmosphere;
(2) Contains
a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant;
(3) 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; or
(4) Contains any other recognized serious
safety or health hazard.
#4118 eff 8-22-86, EXPIRED: 8-22-92
New. # 6684, eff 2-4-98, EXPIRED: 2-4-06
New. #8606, INTERIM, eff 4-12-06, EXPIRED: 10-09-06
New. #8796, eff 1-11-07
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