WORK PERMIT

WORK PERMIT
The Work Permit : What is it?

The work permit:

✔specifies the work to be accomplished and authorizes it to

be started under the strict observance of consigned work
and safety procedures
After imput from and agreement of all other concerned
parties (process, safety, customers, subcontractors,…)

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The Work Permit : When?

✔ For non-routine works,

✔ For hazardous routine works not covered by

procedures,

✔ When work is performed:

▪ By Air Liquide employees
▪ By third parties

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The Work Permit :

For what
For what kind
kind of
of work?
work?

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For what kind of work?
Areas of Risk
✔Potential oxygen deficiency or enrichment.
✔Potentially flammable or explosive atmosphere.
✔Potentially high temperature/pressure
✔Hot work
✔Potential hazardous chemicals, e.g.: toxic substances
✔Confined space entry, e.g.: tanks, cold box, pit, normally closed
vessels ; Elevated works.
✔Exposure to traffic

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For what kind of work?
Jobs Hazards
✔Electrical troubleshooting or repair on live circuits,electrical
equipment
✔Maintenance or repairs in areas or on equipment or lines,
containing or supposed to contain hazardous materials or
conditions,
✔Use of mobile cranes , excavators Exposure to
moving/rotating machines
✔Insulation or catalyst handling .
✔Product transfilling from stationary or mobile or portable
vessels and containers
✔In proximity of vents, liquid of gas.On process lines with gas
release .Etc..

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The Work Permit : Why?

TO ENSURE
TO ENSURE
THE SAFE
THE SAFEAND
AND EFFICIENT
EFFICIENT EXECUTION
EXECUTION OF
OF
WORK
WORK

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The Work Permit : With who?

✔The work supervisor

✔The permit issuer, the customer or subcontractor,
who will release the process before the work starts
✔Other work bodies
✔The person in charge of HSE measures

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The Work Permit : How?

✔ Describe the work to be done

✔ List all the specifications and drawings which are required
✔ Analyze the risk
✔ Determine protection to decrease the risk (PPE,Specific permit, Loto
procedure..)
✔ Issue detailed planning with involving all parties
✔ Determine the lock out and tag out requirements (LOTO)

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The Work Permit : How ?

Review of flow sheets, drawings and

specifications
✔Purpose of the review is to ensure all key persons
involved in planning the work have a thorough
understanding of the work and of the hazards
involved

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The Work Permit :

Work site inspection

✔To
✔ To inspect
inspect the
the work
work areas
areas

✔To
✔ To identify
identify potential
potential hazards
hazards

Anyoneinvolved
Anyone involvedand
andsigning
signing
the Safe
the SafeWork
Work Permit
Permit
must visit
must visit
thework
the workplace
place

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The Work Permit : Execution

✔Work inspection
✔Control of work
procedures
✔Work closure
⮚Preparation of a detailed work procedure is essential to
ensure the work will be performed in a safe, planned
and logical manner.

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Example
of Work
Permit template
(GT PR COM
OO4)

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The Work Permit :

✔Exercise :
Give the different steps in planning the work
to be covered by a work permit

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The Work Permit system
Work planning
✔WORK SCOPE
✔REVIEW DRAWINGS
✔INSPECT WORKSITE
✔IDENTIFY POTENTIAL HAZARDS
✔DETERMINE SAFETY MEASURES
✔CHECK COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS
✔DEVELOP WORK PROCEDURE
✔ASSIGN RESPONSIBILITIES
✔COMMUNICATE RELEVANT PROCEDURES
✔EXECUTE THE WORK

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The Work Permit

✔Exercise
Give the different step for work execution of the
work

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The Work Permit system
Work execution
✔PREPARATORY WORK
✔ISSUE OF WORK PERMITS
✔SUPERVISION MONITORING
✔WORK COMPLETED
✔TESTING
✔REINSTATE EQUIPMENT
✔RETURN WORK PERMIT
✔HANDBACK PLANT / EQUIPMENT
✔COMMUNICATION

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The Work Permit system

Permit issuers
responsibilities
✔ Inspecting Work Area
✔ Identifying hazards
✔ Defining Safety Precautions
✔ Observing principles of safe working practices
✔ Reviewing Work with Work Supervisor
✔ Issuing work permit
✔ Closing of the work permit

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The Work Permit system

Work Supervisors responsibilities

✔ Understanding of the work procedure

✔ Understanding potential hazards and safety precaution

✔ Accepting the safe work permit
✔ Observing permit conditions
✔ Implementing

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Link between the main Work Permit and other Permits
Confined List of
Space operations
Hazard To be done
Entry
ous
Permit
Atmos
pheres Risk
PPE Analysis
WORK
WORK
PERMIT
PERMIT
Trench
Work Elevated
Work

Hot Work Permit LOTO

Grinding Electrical
Energy
Cutting Fluids
Welding Instrumentation
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The Work Permit : In brief

ItIt could
could save
save your
your life!
life!

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The Work Permit :

exercice

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