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It's a hydro right? It's thyssenkrupp policy to put jack stands in if any work that takes longer then 15 mins in the pit. Does not mean the car needs to be landed on them just if something fails the car would be stopped by the stands instead of your head

Yeah, it's hydraulic.

It's funny that I work under and around hydraulically suspended loads all day... I guess the difference is the confined space.

Is the pit technically considered a confined space? And needs all those confined space treatments?

Lae
Here is a link for you.

http://www.neii.org/pdf/OSHA%20Confined%20Spaces%20Regulations.pdf

No elevator pits are not a permit required confined space

That depends. At certain plants they are. It depends on whats manufactured/tested onsite... Chemical plants for example...

What I meant is, it is thyssenkrupps policy we do not work in permit required confined spaces. The pit must be de classified, what made it a permit required space in the first place? What IDLH situation exists? Whatever that is it has to be mitigated so a NON permit confined space can be achieved. If the pit cannot be declassified then we do not do the work. But in a condo there shouldn't be any IDLH situations.

Per OSHA, a confined space is defined as a space you cannot readily walk out of. A pit that requires a ladder for egress, by definition is a confined space. Walk in pits by themselves have a normal path of egress. Of course atmospheric/obstruction/equipment (walk in pit where the toe-guard impedes the path) conditions can come into play also.