Creating permit to work

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A permit to work defines the hazards and isolations that are associated with work activities. When you create permits to work, you provide the details with which the permit is associated. You ensure that permits to work are ready to be issued. You can hold toolbox talks to communicate the safety aspects of the work activities.

About this task

When you create a permit to work, you must evaluate the hazards that are involved in completing the work that is associated with that permit. You can also define the conditions for work.

In addition to creating permits to work from the Permit to Work application, you can create permits to work from the Work Order Tracking application and from the Drilling and Completion application.

Assets or locations are isolated to allow work to be carried out without hazards for personnel. Procedures are followed to contain an asset or a location before an authorized person can work on it. For example, you can specify that an asset is isolated from a potentially hazardous source of energy. When the work is complete, the steps that were taken to isolate that asset are removed so that the asset can be returned to production.

Procedure

  1. In the Permit and Certificate Types application, define a permit or certificate type to associate with this permit to work.
    Use the rich text editor of the Long Description field to assign a color and a font size to the text. You can assign a different color to highlight the type of permit or certificate. The highlighted text displays in the Permit Header field of the Permit to Work application.
  2. In the People application, authorize qualified, active personnel to conduct gas tests and to record emissions. You also authorize personnel to review or approve permits to work. If countersignatures are essential for this permit to work, select the authorized area authority or the authorized issuing authority.
  3. In the Risk Assessment application, identify the hazards that are associated with work operations and assess their risks. Hazard records must belong to the same organization as the permit to work.
  4. In the Permit to Work application, click New Permit to Work on the toolbar.
  5. On the Permit to Work tab, specify the beginning and end dates and times, the permit level, and the site for the permit to work.
  6. Specify the asset and location details that are associated with the permit to work. If a permit to work is associated with a work order, the asset and location fields are populated from the work order.
  7. Specify the task details. If the certificate type is an isolation certificate, specify the type of isolation specialization that is essential, and the reason for the isolation.
  8. On the Hazards and Isolations tab, specify the risk assessment, the gas testing details, the conditions for work, the isolations, and the hazardous materials.
  9. Save the record.