- Equipment Safety Critical Checks
- Safety devices must not be disabled or overridden without written authorisation from the permit issuer.
- Any safety critical faults/damage must be tagged out of service and immediately reported to the relevant supervisor. The equipment must not to be used until the issue has been rectified.
- Exclusion Zone
- Establish Exclusion Zones where there is a risk of exposure to live or uncontrolled hazardous energy, physically prevent entry using barriers and signage, and ensure no persons enter until the energy source is isolated, verified, and safe.
- Establish Restricted Access Zones where authorised persons are performing isolation, testing, or reinstatement, clearly demarcate the area, restrict entry to authorised and competent persons only, and control and monitor access to ensure people remain protected from harm.
- Work Permit, Energy Isolation and De-isolation
- Permit to Work – Energy Isolation/Lock-Out Tag-Out (LOTO) must be in place where isolation from risk of hazardous energy sources is required.
- All isolation points must be clearly identified, proven, tagged, locked and controlled to prevent inadvertent energising.
- Prior to breaking containment systems, a test for hazardous energy must be performed with risk controls in place. The isolation status must be retested after any break or change in conditions.
- All guarding and safety systems must be reinstated upon completion of the work prior to de-isolation.