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Confined Space Entry JSAJob Safety Analysis template

Entering tanks, vaults, pits, manholes and vessels. Use it as-is or change it to fit your job, then walk the site and add what's different today.

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Job steps, hazards & controls

#Job stepHazardsControls
01Evaluate the space
  • Treating a permit space like a normal space
  • If in doubt, it's a permit-required space
  • Entry permit filled out and posted
02Isolate and ventilate
  • Engulfment or flow into the space
  • Bad air
  • Lock out and blind lines feeding the space
  • Ventilate before and during entry
03Test the air
  • Low oxygen, flammable gas, toxic gas (H2S, CO)
  • Calibrated 4-gas monitor; test top, middle and bottom
  • Continuous monitoring during the entry; leave on any alarm
04Enter with an attendant
  • Entrant overcome with no help
  • Rescuer becoming a second victim
  • Attendant at the opening the whole time; never enters
  • Retrieval line and tripod where possible
  • Rescue plan in place before entry
05Exit and close out
  • Losing track of who is inside
  • Log entries and exits; confirm everyone is out
  • Close the permit

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How it works on your phone

1 · Pick itTap the button above. This JSA loads with the checks crews most often forget already suggested.
2 · Walk the siteAdd where you are, who's in charge and the nearest ER. The first person on site adds today's hazards.
3 · Crew signsPass the phone. Each person reads every step and signs. Print or save the PDF.

This JSA is a starting point built from common field practice. Your job, your site and your company's procedures come first: change anything that doesn't fit, and follow your permits and regulations.