Permit to Work Major Hazard Standard - MIRMgate

WMC EHS Management System Major Hazard Standard
Permit to Work
• The off going / new Permit Issuers carry
out a face-to-face hand over with a full
brief on hazard controls in place and the
general work status
• When the new shift Permit Acceptor is
available the new Permit Issuer shall
provide a face-to-face briefing on the
hazard controls in place and re-issue the
Work Permit by signing as the issuing
Permit Issuer in the ‘Relinquishment to
Permit Issuer’ section. The Permit
Acceptor accepts by signing in the
‘Change of Permit Acceptor’ section of
Work Permit.
• The new shift Permit Acceptor shall brief
the work team members and ask them to
sign onto the Work Permit prior to
commencing work.
7.6.4 Scope of Work Change
If the scope of work changes during work
progress the Permit Acceptor shall consult
their line supervisor and the Permit Issuer as
necessary and together consider the impact of
the proposed changes on the existing hazard
controls in place and the potential for additional
hazards. The THA shall be reviewed as part of
this process.
If this analysis indicates a need to change an
existing Work Permit condition or the need for
additional controls and the newly defined work
is ready to commence, all work shall cease.
The Permit Acceptor shall return the Work
Permit to the Permit Issuer and indicate the
scope of work change (the change is
highlighted in Scope of Work section of Permit)
and request any additional hazard controls.
The Permit Issuer shall vet the request for
additional controls and initiate implementation
as necessary. These are recorded / added to
the existing Work Permit and highlighted.
When all additional hazard control preparations
have been completed the Permit Issuer shall
sign and date all changes made on the Work
Permit. Authorisation is then provided to the
Permit Acceptor for work to proceed.
The Permit Acceptor shall take Permit
documents to the worksite, brief the work team
members on any changed hazard controls and
indicate that it is safe to return to work.
7.6.5 Work Permit Suspension
If there is a need to suspend work for a
number of shifts due to delays in material or
resource availability the following shall occur:
• Permit Acceptor leaves the worksite in a
safe state, returns the Permit Control
Board and associated documentation to
the Permit Issuer with a briefing on
reason for suspension and signs off the
Work Permit
• The Permit Issuer signs in the
‘Relinquishment to Permit Issuer’ section
of Work Permit and records the reason
for suspension
• When the Work Permit is required to be
re-instated the, Permit Issuer arranges
for an Isolation Checker to revalidate the
isolations and sign the original Isolation
Certificate
• The Permit Issuer shall re-issue the Work
Permit by signing in the ‘Relinquishment
to Permit Issuer’ section of the Work
Permit.
7.6.6 Testing
When energies are isolated and there is a
need to carry out testing or re-positioning of
equipment during work progress and
temporary removal of isolations is required,
reference should be made to Appendix D1
Section 9.
7.7 Work Permit Hand-back
When work defined in the scope of work is
complete or there is a requirement to close the
Work Permit, the following shall occur:
• The Permit Acceptor ensures the work
site is left in a clean and safe state
WMC-EHS-MHS-007 DocsOpen Ref : 155520 Issued: 23/12/03 Page 10 of 59