CorSafety must develop and implement safe work procedures for fire and explosive hazards in the workplace, including hot work if hot work is performed in the workplace additionally, where a flammable substance is or is intended to be handled, used, stored, produced or disposed of at any CorSafety. location the Safety Manager shall develop written procedures to ensure the health and safety of workers who handle, use, store, produce or dispose of a flammable substance that may spontaneously ignite or ignite when in combination with any other substance or perform hot work where there is a risk of fire.
- Our site specific procedures are to ensure that hot work is not begun until a hot work permit is issued which must include the nature of the hazard, the type and frequency of atmospheric testing required, the safe work procedures and precautionary measures to be taken, and the protective equipment required.
- The hot work location is to be cleared of combustible materials, or is suitably isolated from combustible materials. Procedures are then to be implemented to ensure continuous safe performance of the hot work, and testing shows that the atmosphere does not contain a flammable substance, in a mixture with air, in an amount exceeding 10 percent of that substance's lower explosive limit for gas or vapours, or the minimum ignitable concentration for dust.
- CorSafety requires where a flammable substance is or may be present no hot work is to be permitted or performed until suitable tests have been conducted that indicate whether the atmosphere contains a flammable substance in a quantity sufficient to create an explosive atmosphere or risk of fire. We will confirm that the work may be safely be performed through suitable work steps, tests taken at intervals appropriate to the work being performed and record the results and procedures developed and implemented to ensure continuous safe performance of the work.
- Any container or piping that contains or has contained a flammable substance shall be purged using an effective method to remove the flammable substance from the container or piping before any hot work is begun on that container or piping. CorSafety. does not require nor permit any welding or cutting of metal that has been cleaned with a flammable or combustible liquid until the metal has thoroughly dried.
- No hot tapping will occur until the Safety Manager develops a hot tap plan specific to the type or class of hot tap work being performed. There will be no exceptions to this requirement.
