STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR HOT WORK

 STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR HOT WORK

Use Proper PPE

• Helmet  
• Safety Shoes 
• Gloves 
• Ear Plug
• Goggles. 
• Welders glass 
• No tie 
• No rings on finger/ kada

 Definition of hot work - work with flame cutting apparatus, oxyacetylene welding apparatus, electric welding apparatus, blow lamps, grinding equipment, any other equipment producing flame, intense heat or sparks. Wherever possible & feasible, hot work shall be carried-out in designated workshop. 

 HOT WORK shall be permitted only from 9 am to 6 pm. 

1.  Obtain hot works permit dually signed by FSO & BM. 
2.  Follow ALL required precautions listed on Permit. 
3.  Ensure that the correct Personal Protective Equipment is worn in relation to the task being carried out. 
4.  Hot-work equipment is in good CONDITION and adequately secured. 
5.  Designated place shall be earmarked by FSO with proper barricading and Fire Extinguishers. 
6.  Ensure that the designated area for welding is not in close vicinity of parked car/vehicle (safe distance at least 10 Meters). 
7.  FSO / Security guard shall be present throughout AT SITE till the job is completed & for 30 minutes after work. 
8.  FSO shall ensure that the job site’s Sprinklers are functional in all respect and Detectors are in working condition. PREPARE & PREVENT, INSTEAD OF REPAIR & REPENT 
9.  Housekeeping of the Job Site shall ensure removal of all inflammable or any other material. 
10.  If HOT work is to be carried out in any shaft, then complete shaft including it’s pit has to be completely clean. 
11.  Where work is above floor level, non-combustible curtains or sheets suspended beneath the work to collect sparks. 
12.  All gaps in walls and floors through which sparks could pass covered with sheets of non-combustible materials. 
13.  Smoke/heat detectors that could be affected by the “Hot Work” operation must either be isolated by the electricians. 
14.  In both cases, Security must be informed that smoke/heat detectors are not in operation. When the work has been completed the smoke/heat detector must be put back into operation. 
15.  Once the Hot work is over, the agency shall take out welding machine / grinding machine / gas cutting torch / Gas Cylinders etc from site (out of Building) on immediate basis. Building Manager has to ensure this. In fact, Building In charges shall account for the inventory of such equipments inside the building.