Hot work permit for shipboard maintenance job

Shipboard Hot works involve many hazards, and careful consideration will need to be made for safe planning and execution. Summarized below are some essential check items before doing any hot work-related maintenance job. These procedures are only indicative, not exhaustive and one must always be guided by practices of good seamanship

Has the "Hot Work Precautions Matrix" , been referred to and complied with?"

Has a work planning meeting been held, and a formal or informal risk assessment carried out as required?

Has a responsible officer, who is not directly involved in the Hot work, been designated to ensure that the plan is followed?

Has the atmosphere of the Hot work area been tested and found to be less than 1% LEL?

"Has appropriate fire fighting equipment been arranged and kept ready for immediate use? necessary fire detectors checked in advance?"

Have measures to prevent scattering sparks, such as spark shelters, been taken?

Confirm no other work such as repairing pipelines, that may cause a leak of combustible gas or oil, is being done in the same compartment?

Have arrangements for placing required watchmen for monitoring hot work area and adjacent areas been made?

Has provision been made for sufficient ventilation and lighting?

Have evacuation routes/passages been designated/secured?

Has the condition of tools and equipment been checked and found satisfactory?

Have personnel involved in work been provided with appropriate personal protective equipment and danger indications, and safety ropes, etc. installed at the worksite as necessary?

Have areas where fire must not be directly applied, been marked?

Have all crew engaged in the hot work been adequately trained and clearly instructed in precautions to be observed when carrying out hot work?

Have measures been taken to prevent the fire from coming in contact with the gas, residual oil, sludge, and other dangerous and combustible materials?

Has the other side of the bulkhead, deckhead, or division on which hot work is to be carried out, been checked to ensure no dangerous and combustible materials?

Has the section to be worked on, been disconnected or disassembled from related pipelines and valves by cold work, and the open-ended section sealed off?

Has safety in the pipe been confirmed where applicable?

Has safety of enclosed compartments been confirmed following procedures for entry into enclosed spaces where applicable?

Is all crew engaged in work within enclosed space provided portable lighting apparatus?

Confirm gas detection in spaces where there is the danger of combustible gas emissions (air pipe tops, areas near manholes, other openings and the like) and in the vicinity of the hot work area has been carried out prior work and will continue periodically during work?

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