A Confined Space Safety Policy can be divided into 9 sections.
This article briefly describes the nine parts of a comprehensive yet efficient confined space safety program.

1 – Purpose – The confined space safety policy states the requirements for the identification and safe entry into both permit required and non-permit required confined spaces.  The policy applies to areas of the workplace not designed for continuous occupancy and containing recognized serious safety or health hazards.
2 – Reference – OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146
3 – Scope – Applicable to all of the business’s employees, visitors and contractors.
4 – Administration – Variable, but generally administration of the confined space policy is by safety coordinators, supervisors, engineers and other trained managerial staff.
5 – Definitions – Can be standard, see: OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Act
6 – Descriptions -

Confined Space is an area/space where an employee: – has limited openings for entry and egress; – can bodily enter and which is large enough to perform assigned work; – could be engulfed by bulk materials; – is not intended to continuously occupy.
Non-Permit Required Confined Space is a confined space neither containing nor having the potential to contain any hazard.
Permit Required Confined Space is a confined space with: – a hazardous atmosphere or potential for it; – material that could engulf an entrant; – converging/tapering walls/floors that could entrap or asphyxiate; – a recognized hazard.
Procedures Followed For All Permit Required Confined Space Entry
- – Permit
- – Issuance – By the supervisor, mandatory for the employee, one shift in duration.
- – Cancellation – At shift end or on job completion.
- – Retention – Must be reviewed and kept. -
- – Alternate Entry/Space Reclassification – Specific ref: OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146 (c)(5)/(c)(7)
- – Pre-Entry Briefing – By permit issuing entry supervisor.
- – Contractor Notification – Outside contractor adheres to procedures – compliance must be assured.
- – Lighting Requirements – Natural, auxiliary, emergency.
- – Special Tools and Equipment – Intrinsically safe in flammable or combustible atmosphere.
- – Preparation and Hazard Control – Preventing engulfment, burns. Lockout/tagout procedures.
- – Assuring adequate ventilation.
- – Pre-Entry Atmospheric Testing – Includes employee training with testing equipment.
- – Monitor Calibration and Testing
- – Field and Manufacturer Testing.
- – Attendant Duties – Mandatory for permit required confined space entry, no other duties.
- – Entry Supervisor Duties – Trained and authorized entry supervisor.
- – Safety Equipment – PPE, non-entry rescue, rescue, general.
- – Equipment Inspection – Per manufacturer’s recommendation.
- – Handling Problems
- – Rescue and Emergency Services – Documented, available, trained, equipped.
- – Summoning Rescue Services Procedure

7 – Responsibilities – Employees and Entry Supervisor – Safety Coordinators – Supervisors – Contractors
8 – Training – Initial – Refresher – Annual
9 – Revision – Annually by Safety Coordinators

These are the nine parts of a Confined Space Safety Policy.
Fleshed out details of just such a policy can be read at Confined Space Safety Policy