Digest
Safe Work Permits – Understand the Scope of Work — Process Safety Beacon, June 2018
Safe Work Permits – Understand the Scope of Work — Process Safety Beacon, June 2018
- CCPS
- Digest
- Process Safety Beacon June 2018
- Control of WorkPermit to WorkProcess Safety
- Confined space hazardsOxygen deficiency
- Confined space entryInspection and maintenance
- Management of changePermit to workSafety communicationStop-work authority
- Downstream and process industries
Summary
This bulletin examines two nitrogen-asphyxiation deaths during refinery maintenance after workers attempted to retrieve tape from a vessel outside the permitted job scope. It emphasises recognising scope changes, reassessing confined-space entry requirements, communicating hazards and stopping work to consult the permit issuer before undertaking unapproved tasks.
Classifications: Confined space hazards; confined-space hazards.
Classifications: Oxygen deficiency; oxygen deficient; oxygen displacement; oxygen depletion.
Classifications: Confined space entry; tank entry; enclosed space entry.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Permit to work; PTW; work permit.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Downstream and process industries; refining; petrochemicals.
Summary
One-page Beacon on why everyone involved in a safe work permit must understand the full scope of work.
Process Safety Beacon June 2018. Themes: control of work, permit to work, process safety.