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Steven Stogner - HSE
Protecting our Employees
There are 3 main buckets to Safe Work Permits in regards to Process Opening?
2. Process Openings Conducted by OPS.
How is this different for OPS vs MNT?
1a. Contrcators, PPE Identifcation, Tags, barricades, CPC.
PEO - Safety Alert
3. Operator Routine Tasks - Risk Register
if you conduct an activity, opening the process of any kind, there is PPE required.
1. Safe Work Permits - we have success through the SWP where we permit others for Process Openings
What is Process Opening?
Process Opening consists of:
Opening of Flanges or Uncoupling of Threaded Piping
Opening Equipment
Drilling, Cutting into Piping,
Routine MNT on IE and process Analyzers - exclusive control
Routine Sampling, Loading / Unloading Railcars
Flushing, Draining, Venting, Opening Bleeds
a. Prepare for shutdown of equipment - ex: drain, flush, clear, de-pressure , cooling, steam tracing, nitrogen, opening / clearing / cleaning filters, etc. These are common to OPS.
b. Changing a bleed valve, dropping a blind, tasks that are also process opening tasks
Q: What do i do if i expect a plug?
Refer to Process Opening Proceure
Setup Barricade - what is the barricade requirement?
Does the apply to the the case for work that is not permitted?
10 ft at grade
15 ft overhead
PUT ON Barricade TAGS!
Consider pedestrians, wind, weather, etc.
Now that is funny
What else do I need to check?
Follow SOP
YES?
Use Chemical Risk Register - JSA / Risk Assessment for Routine Tasks
NO?
PPE Matrix
Tasks
Chemical Hazard
USIT
IH dept.
PPE Required
If the task is not on Risk Register, you must use PPE Matrix
EXERCISE!