IBM Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager, Version 7.6.1

Managing work processes with permits to work

Permits to work provide a system of control to ensure the safety of the plant. You can use permits to work to manage the work activities and to ensure that steps are taken to prevent accidents.

Creating permits to work
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. Optionally, you can hold toolbox talks to communicate the safety aspects of the work activities.
Ensuring that permits to work are ready to be issued
Before permits to work can be issued, the team members who are responsible for reviewing and for approving the permits must be identified. The permits to work must be reviewed and approved.
Verifying the conditions that are associated with permits to work
A toolbox talk is a safety presentation that is given to inform employees about safety procedures. You can also use toolbox talks to verify the conditions that are associated with the work activities. You record the attendees.
Completing permits to work
Effective communication throughout the permit to work process is crucial to ensuring that risks are managed. After work is complete or if work is left to be done by another team, the details of returning the permit to work must be documented.
Suspending permits to work
When an emergency arises that requires a quick response at a work site, you can suspend all active permits to work with a single action. This action eliminates the need to change the status of individual permits to work, saving time and potentially reducing the impact of hazardous conditions. When you suspend permits to work, you also notify personnel that work activities for those permits to work are suspended.
Canceling permits to work
When all of the work activities are complete, and the plant is returned to a safe condition, you can cancel or suspend active permits to work.

Parent topic: Managing the safety of personnel and the workplace

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