Contractor Work Permit: 1 Objective
Contractor Work Permit: 1 Objective
Contractor Work Permit: 1 Objective
: PRD07140/ 3
Document: Procedure
Former Code:
Level: Level 3
Effective Date: 13/May/2015
Officlal
Language: English
1 Objective
To establish a safe system of work to ensure that all hazards of risk-potential works
performed by contractors are identified, communicated and controlled
2 Scope
This procedure is applicable to all facilities of Tenaris SPIJ and Batam
A work permit must be issued for those works to be done by contractors involving:
Confined Space.
Hot Work to be done in places other than in the Maintenance Workshop area.
Scaffolding.
Excavation
Work at height.
LockOut-TagOut.
Or any other risk activity
3 Reference Documents
Hot work: activity involving a naked flame or where high temperatures are
produced, such as welding and metal cutting. It is required a Hot Work Permit.
Contractor Supervisor is responsible for monitoring the hot work site for any unsafe
condition or for signs of small or smoldering fires. They shall have immediately
available a suitable fire extinguisher for the surrounding area and shall be fully
trained in its use. They shall remain at the hot work site for an agreed period
(typically 30 minutes but can be longer in hazardous area) after completion of work
to ensure no smoldering fires are left and to monitor for any flare-ups
Confined Space : Space has limited or restricted means of entry or exit, is large
enough for an employee to enter and perform assigned work, and is not designed for
continuous occupancy by the employee. And has one or more of these characteristics.
These spaces may include, but are not limited to, underground vaults, tanks,
underground pits or silo.
Work at height: work in any place, including a place at, above or below ground level,
where a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury.
5 Responsibilities
6 Development
about work in the area (i.e. Crane operator), then Maintenance Supervisor and
Operation Supervisor will have to sign the form.
The contractor shall also provide the corresponding Risk Assessment and/or Job
Safety Analysis (JSA) detailing the preventive and/or protective actions that are going
to be considered whilst performing the tasks.
Once the contractor has filled in the work permit with all mentioned information and
has attached the Risk Assessment and/or Job Safety Analysis, he/she shall sign it and
then he/she shall approach the following persons to get their approvals in the
following order:
Maintenance Supervisor/Manager.
Operation Supervisor/Manager (of the area where the job is going to be done, if
applicable).
HSE Supervisor/Manager (HSE must sign as last one person to check that all is
complete, i.e.
Contractor Safe Work Permit, Daily Work Permit, Job Safety Analysis, and check if
all the measures are OK without NO answers, and check if all the approval
signatures are done).
If the work is longer than 1 day, the Daily Work Permit must be completed every day
until Work Permit is finished to evaluate every day if the condition of work and
required new Tag Out or another safety measure.
It will be signed by ENGI or User Department, Maintenance and Operation
Supervisors.
The permit must be recognized as the master instruction which, until it is cancelled,
overrides all other instructions.
The Work Permit and Daily Permit shall be available in the area where the work is
being executed for verification and follow-up purposes.
The original form will keep by the Contractor, and the other copies will be keep by
the responsible person that signed the forms.
The contractor is also responsible for following and maintaining the safeguards set
out in the permit.
The Operation Supervisor, Maintenance Supervisor and/or HSE Supervisor, should
carry out spot inspections to ensure that the laid-down precautions and the safety
measures are being followed by the contractor
7 Record
N/A
8 Annex
1. Contractor Safe Work Permit Form
2. Daily Work Permit Form
3. Job Safety Analysis
4. Job Environmental Analysis
5. Hot Work Permit Form
6. Confined Space Permit Form