Cold Work Permit - PTW Sample
RISK MANAGEMENT ( With Pictures )
Work permit or Permit-to-work (PTW) refers to management
systems used to ensure that work is done safely and efficiently. These are used
in hazardous industries and involve procedures to request, review, authorise,
document and most importantly, de-conflict tasks to be carried out by front
line workers. Permit to work is an essential part of control of work , the
integrated management of business critical maintenance processes. Control of
work is made up of permit to work, hazard identification and risk assessment ,
and isolation management .
Permit to work is a core element of integrated safe system
of work systems, that along with risk assessment and isolation planning, enable
as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP) reduction of unsafe activities in
non-trivial work environments. Permit to work adherence is essential in process
safety management.
Instructions or procedures are often adequate for most work
activities, but some require extra care. A permit to work system is a formal
system stating exactly what work is to be done, where, and when. A responsible
person should assess the work and check safety at each stage. The people doing
the job sign the permit to show that they understand the risks and precautions
necessary.
Permits are effectively a means of communication between
site management, plant supervisors and operators, and those who carry out the
work. Examples of high-risk jobs where a written permit to work procedure may
need to be used include hot work such as welding, vessel entry, cutting into
pipes carrying hazardous substances, diving in the vicinity of intake openings,
and work that requires electrical or mechanical isolation. It is also a means
of coordinating different work activities to avoid conflicts.
A permit to work is not a replacement for robust risk
assessment, but can help provide context for the risk of work to be done.
Studies by the UK Health and Safety Executive have shown that the most
significant cause of the maintenance related accidents in the UK chemical
industry was a failure to implement of effective permit to work systems. Common
failures in control of work systems are a failure to follow the permit to work
or isolation management procedures, risk assessments that are not suitable and
sufficient to identify the risks, and/or the control measures and a combination
of the two.
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