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Publications

Brochures/Guides
- No diseñado para su ocupación
  Not designed to be occupied
  Detalles sobre la regla de espacios confinados para empleados de la industria general y la construcción.
  Spanish07/10/2024
- Not designed to be occupied
  Guide to confined space safety
  Details about Oregon OSHA's confined space rule for general industry and construction employees.
  EnglishOrder printed copy04/22/2024
- Underground Construction (tunneling)
  An overview of Oregon OSHA's requirements for underground construction.
  English12/15/2008
Fact sheets
- Confined spaces
  Describes the requirements for confined spaces and permit-required confined spaces, including entry procedures and emergency plans.
  English04/30/2024
- Espacio o recinto confinado
  Confined Space
  Describe los requisitos para espacios confinados y espacios confinados que requieren permiso, incluidos los procedimientos de entrada y planes de emergencia.
  Spanish04/30/2024

Education and training

Online course
- Confined Space Safety online course
  This Confined Spaces training program covers practices intended to protect workers from the hazards of working in a confined space.
  EnglishOnline course
- Curso en Línea de Seguridad en espacios confinados
  Este curso en línea discute las reglas de espacios confinados de Oregon OSHA para proteger a los empleados de los peligros de trabajar en un espacio confinado.
  SpanishOnline course

Workshop
- Confined Spaces Safety
  For the instructor's use when teaching the workshop.
  Instructor GuideEnglish01/26/2015
- Confined Spaces Safety
  Student workbook for the Confined Spaces Safety workshop.
  WorkbookEnglish02/04/2015

Rules and rule-related

Final Rules
- Division 3, Subdivision S, Underground Construction, Caissons, Cofferdams, and Compressed Air
  3-2019 Word version
Interpretations
- Rescue work in confined spaces
  07/24/2013
- Tunneling and use of propane equipment
  12/05/1996
Program Directives
- Underground Utility Installations: Inspection and Citation Guidance
  This program directive provides compliance safety and health officers guidance on conducting inspections of workplaces involved in construction, maintenance, and utility work activities associated with underground utility installations.
  A-30305/02/2022

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