§ 1926.1203 — General requirements

§ 1926.1203 General requirements. (a) Before it begins work at a worksite, each employer must ensure that a competent person identifies all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees 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. (b) If the workplace contains one or more permit spaces, the employer who identifies, or who receives notice of, a permit space must: (1) Inform exposed employees by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the…