Section 2550. Confined space hazard  


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  • A safety harness attached to an attended life line shall be worn by persons before they enter bins, hoppers, silos, tanks, surge, or storage piles. Persons shall not enter the above areas until the supply and discharge of materials has ceased and the supply and discharge equipment is locked out. No person shall enter an area where they are exposed to entrapment by the caving or sliding of loose, unconsolidated material. Also see 4VAC25-40-1740.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR480-05-1.2 § 13.4, eff. July 19, 1989; amended, Volume 14, Issue 17, eff. July 1, 1998.

Statutory Authority

§§ 45.1-161.3, 45.1-161.294 and 45.1-161.305 of the Code of Virginia.