Permit to Work Major Hazard Standard - MIRMgate

WMC EHS Management System Major Hazard Standard
Permit to Work
• Ensuring copies of all Work Permits are
maintained in the Permit Office
• Handing-over the control of active Work
Permits to a new shift Permit Issuer
• Initiating removal of hazard controls
following hand back of the Work Permit
• Authorising closure of the Work Permit
by signing off on both original and
duplicate copies of the Work Permit
• Filing Work Permit documentation
originals in compliance with WMC
Resources document retention policy.
8.2 Isolator
Competency required:
• Maintaining a technical and / or
legislative ability to be able to perform
and prove isolations
• A competent knowledge of the isolation
requirements for specific plant or
equipment
• A general knowledge of the Permit to
Work System and a competent
knowledge of the Isolations Procedure.
Is responsible for:
• Establishing isolations of plant or
equipment according to the Isolation
Certificate/Instruction to prevent
inadvertent re-energisation which may
cause injury to others or damage to plant
or equipment
Note: In the situation in which the Permit
Issuer performs the role of the Isolation
Checker, the Isolator shall confirm that
the Permit Issuer defined Isolation
Certificate/Instruction is appropriate for
the defined scope of work.
• De-isolating equipment according to
Permit Issuer requirements.
8.3 Isolation Checker
Competency required:
• Achieving the competency of an Isolator.
Is responsible for:
• Confirming that the Permit Issuer defined
Isolation Certificate / Isolation Instruction
is appropriate for the defined scope of
work
• Validating that isolation of energies has
been completed according to the
requirements of the Isolation
Certificate/Isolation Instruction and the
Isolation Procedure.
8.4 Service Provider / Permit Requestor
Competency required:
• A knowledge of the Permit to Work
System
• Understanding the work planning
processes.
Is responsible for:
• Developing a clear scope of work
• Making the initial determination of hazard
controls required for work to proceed and
initiating Work Permit documentation.
8.5 Permit Acceptor
Competency required:
• A competent knowledge of the work to be
completed as per the scope of work
• A knowledge of the Permit to Work
System
• A competent knowledge of requirements
for Certificates that they will accept.
Is responsible for:
• Signing the permit acceptance on the
Work Permit once they understand the
extent of hazard controls that have been
established
• Retaining the original of Work Permit
documentation in the Permit Control
Board at the work site
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