Adding safety hazards and precautions to permits to work

Add hazards to permits to work to alert your employees to all the dangers (bodily harm, environmental issues like spills) they face when performing required maintenance and working with equipment. Attach precautions to these hazards so they can safeguard themselves and their surroundings from these potential dangers. For example, if you must maintain electrical equipment, electrocution is a hazard. Add a precaution to turn that equipment off and remove it from the power outlet before performing repairs on that electrical equipment.

To add safety hazards and precautions to permits to work:

  1. Select Work > Permit to Work > Permit to Work.
  2. Select the permit to work for which to add safety precautions and hazards, and then click the Safety tab.
  3. Click Add Safety Record.
  4. Specify this information:
    Hazard
    Specify the hazard to add to the permit to work. The system automatically populates the hazard description, Hazard Org., Hazard Revision, and Hazard Type.
    Precaution
    Specify the safety measure to protect your employees from the hazard. Add one or more precautions to a hazard as needed.
    Precaution Applied
    Select this check box to indicate the specified safety measure for the hazard was applied.
    Timing
    Select the timing which is used to identify when the precaution should be taken. For example, if your employee is working with fire, you can enter the timing of "during" to alert the employee that they should wear fire-resistant clothing during the task.
    Sequence
    Specify the sequence number which is used to identify the order in which your employee should be made aware of the precaution. All precautions are important regardless of the sequence number entered.
    Health Hazard
    Specify the code based on the Hazardous Materials Code (400) of the NFPA that indicates the degree to which the materials used poses a hazard to the health of the employee.
    Flammability
    Specify the code based on the Hazardous Materials Code (400) of the NFPA that indicates the degree to which the materials used are flammable.
    Instability
    Specify the code based on the Hazardous Materials Code (400) of the NFPA that indicates the degree to which the materials used can detonate or explode.
    Special Hazards
    Specify the code based on the Hazardous Materials Code (400) of the NFPA that indicates any special hazards related to the materials used.
  5. Click Submit.
Parent topic: Defining permits to work