HOT WORKS

JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS

Title of Job/Operation: HOT WORKS

Contractor:

Date:

Author:

Project Description:
- Angle Grinder
- Flame Cutting
- Welding

General Notes:

Prior to starting any job be sure that;

1. All personel has SCC training,
2. All personel has …………… Induction training,
3. All personel has …………….. Induction training,
4. All personel has …………….. induction training,
5. Documents of all personel reviewed and approved by …………… and ………..,
6. Documents of all construction equipment reviewed and approved by
……………………….
7. Electric equipment and electric driven hand tools inspected annually and
documented.
8. Start hot work activities after measures taken defined in work permit and
approval given contractor.

Every day a tool-box meeting to be given by …………….. to discuss the work phases and
review the entire job. This includes identifying any hazards and discussing the safest way
to complete the job. Specific tools for the job are to be selected, house-keeping

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practices are to be discussed specific for this task has to reviewed. Work permit
attachments shall be as below but not limited to;
- Fire safety training certificate for hot worker
- Work Permit
- HSE Plan (last revision)
- General Risk Assessment
- Method Statement

Angle Grinder, welding machine, welding torch and flame cutting torch, pressured
cylinder, pressured gauges need to be inspected prior to use.

General Safety Rules to be applied as follows:

1. Effective safety supervision shall be present on the site whenever work is to be

performed.
2. Always use appropriate and proper PPE. Damaged PPE shall be replaced before
start work.
3. Fire extinguisher shall be placed beside hot work area.
4. Red arm band supervisor will be work permit holder and need to supervise his
team whenever work is to be performed.
5. All workers must wear high visibility anti-static and flame-resistant clothing,
head protection, hand protection, safety shoes, ear protection, safety glasses
with side shields and face shield any time on site.
6. Welder shall use welding face shield while welding
7. Always provide adequate ventilation during welding and cutting operations.
8. Store cylinders outside wherever possible, avoid direct sunshine and worst
weather conditions.
9. Avoid using gas cylinders inside confined space.
10. Fire watchman shall be assigned for hot works
11. Fire watchman has responsibility to check hot workplace 30 minutes after hot
work finish
12. Flammable materials shall be removed from workplace
13. Pressured cylinders shall be stored and secured in assigned storage area
seperately and shall be protected from direct sunshine and worst weather
conditions. Warning signs shall be posted.
14. Empty pressured cylinders shall be stored and secured in assigned storage area
seperately and shall be protected from direct sunshine and worst weather
conditions. Warning signs shall be posted.
15. Fire extinguishers shall be placed beside each pressured cylinder storage cages.
16. Pressured cylinders shall be transported by secured transporters and lifted

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secured cages.
17. Hot work permit to be prepared and attached to the general work permit.
18. Although excavation depth is over 1,2m, excavation area dimensions exceeds
10,0m X 10,0m and to be considered as not a confined space, confined space
requirements (full body harness, rescue rope, two watchmen, yellow armband,
confined space training...etc) not to be taken into account.
19. Excavation area covered by fixed and mobile gas detectors
20. Gas detector to be used if needed
21. Gas detectors to be bump tested daily.
22. In case of gas detector alarms, any emergency, switch off angle grinder and
employees working inside the excavation area shall evacuate immediately by
means of truck access road and staircase/ladder.
23. After gas detector alarm has finished, excavation area to be inspected by
authorized personel for gas-free prior to access and start any work activity inside
excavation area.
24. Work permits and attachments, shall be with permit holder
25. All employees shall be effectively trained for the tasks, which they are required
to perform.
26. Any injury or emergency is to be reported to the supervisor immediately.
27. Proper housekeeping shall be maintained at the end of each shift throughout the
project.
28. No daisy chaining of extension cords.
29. Operators manual must be present for angle grinder on job site
30. All equipment certificates to be presented on job site office.

ACTIVITY HAZARDS MITIGATION/REDUCTION

Check cord
Hand cut from • Wear cut resistant gloves.
integrity of angle
cut wires. • Inspect slowly.
grinder.
Check conditions of (None foreseen)
• RPM is constant,
grinding wheel and
appropriate RPM. • Prior to use, check grinding wheel for any
visual crack
Check grinding Hand injury from • Do not plug in the machine until inspection is
wheel tightness. inadvertent complete.
starting
Verify the guard is Injury, • Wear steel-toed shoes.
tight and Foot injury from • Rest the tool on the bench.
appropriate for the dropping the tool • Install and tight the guard
job.

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ACTIVITY HAZARDS MITIGATION/REDUCTION
Verify the Foot injury from • Call and inform your foreman immediately.
appropriate handle dropping the tool
• Take medical care
location.
Inspect angle (None foreseen) • In case of any physical damage do not use
grinder for physical grinder
damage and proper
operation.
Make sure the Injuries associated • Wear steel-toed shoes
materials are being with the work
• Verify the work is adequately secured by
fastened propelled by the
trying to dislodge it with a gloved hand (the
adequately secured grinder and/or
work weight may secure it enough).
and positioned landing on you
correctly
Plug-in the grinder. Eye and skin • Check the grinder switch to ensure it is off.
damage from
projectiles.
Begin grinding Eye injuries from • Wear safety glasses/goggles and a face
projectiles and shield.
sparks
Skin damage from • Wear leather gloves, long sleeved shirt, long
sparks and
projectiles pants, or leather welding guards if needed.

Hearing loss • Wear ear protection.

Ergonomic • Change position from time to time
considerations. • Wear vibration resistant gloves if grinding will
last more than 20 minutes.
Inhalation of toxic • Use local or dilution ventilation to direct or
or irritant fume or
particulate collect fumes and/or particulate

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ACTIVITY HAZARDS MITIGATION/REDUCTION
Fire caused by
Burn, injury or • Move the work place to a safe location for
heat, sparks,
fatalty carrying out the hotwork
molten metal or
• Remove nearby combustible materials
direct contact with
• Protect nearby combustible materials that
the flame
cannot be removed. Use suitable guards or
covers or fire-retardant blankets.
• Check that there are no combustible
materials hidden behind walls or in partitions,
particularly if the welding or cutting will go
on for some time.
• Use flame-resistant sheets or covers to
prevent hot particles passing through
openings in the floors and walls.
• Prevent flame, heat, sparks or hot spatter
from landing on the hoses
• Keep fire extinguisher at the work place all
time of hot work
Explosion when Injury or fatalty • Try to empty tank or drum to avoid any fire
cutting up or or explosion
repairing tanks or • Fill with water before cutting
drums which • In case of not empty, use cold cutting method
contain or may
have contain
flammable
liquid/gas
Close off welding Flashing caused • Close welding welding curtain to shield
area eye injury outsiders from flashing
Inhalation of • Properly ventilate welding area
fumes • Wear welding hood
Sparks • Wear welding jacket, apron, gloves,
protective boots
Slag splatter
Use chipping Eye damage by • Always use eye protection
hammer to remove flying debris • Use caution to avoid striking fingers or hands
excess slag from hammer with hammer
strikes
Injuring fingers
with hammer

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ACTIVITY HAZARDS MITIGATION/REDUCTION
Fire/explosion
Injury or fatalty • Turn the gas supply off at the cylinder and
caused by gas
collect hoses when the job is finished or
leakage, backfire
before the cylinders moved or transported or
and flashbacks
lifted.
• Do not leave torch of flame cutting inside a
tank or drum when you are not working in,
remove hoses and torch from poorly
ventilated or enclosed spaces even a short
break of work.
• Keep away hoses from sharp edges and
abrasive surfaces or where vehicles can run
over them
• Do not allow hot metal or spatter to fall on
hoses
• Maintain all equipment and check its
condition before each usage
• Check all connections, flashback arresters,
none-return valves, content and outlet
pressure gauges before each usage
• Use a proprietary leak detection spray or
solution suitable for use with
oxygen/propane.
• Do not use soapy water or solution
containing grease or oil on oxygen systems
• Do not use naked flame to check any gas
leakage
• Immediately repair or replace leaking
components
• If the leakage comes from cylinder, remove
cylinder away from any ignition supply and
call authorized personel to remove cylinder
out from workplace to a safe area.
• When flashback fire does occur, first shut off
oxygen (blue) then propane (red) from torch.
Then shut off oxygen and propane cylinders
in a sequence.
• Cool down the blowpipe, use water if
necessary. Check equipment and flashback.
Fumes crated Injury or • Use mobile gas dedector if you need to cut a
during flame occupancy illness painted material, plate, pipe.
cutting • Ventilate the workplace during cutting if
needed
• Cutting material coated with lead, cadmium,
galvanise, chromate paint or metal
contaminated with oil, grease etc. use
respiratory PPE

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ACTIVITY HAZARDS MITIGATION/REDUCTION
Fire or burn from
Injury or fatalty • Never use oxygen to remove dust from cloths
misuse of oxygen
• Never use oxygen to improve air quality
inside a confined space by releasing oxygen
inside
• Never allow oil or grease to come into
contact with oxygen valves or cylinder fittings
• Only use approved equipment designed for
use with oxygen
Burns from contact
Injury or fatalty • Work in a safe location, away from others
with the flame or
• Wear protective clothes, boots, eye and hand
hot metal
protection
• Shut off the torch when not in use. Don’t
leave lighted torch on a bench or the floor as
the force of the flame may cause it to move
over an undesired material or flame directly
touch to a flammable or combustible
material
• Clamp the workpiece, avoid holding it by
naked hand
Crushing or impact
Injury or fatalty • Close the valves on the cylinders when not in
injuries when
use
handling and
• Prevent cylinders from falling or being
transporting
knocked over.
cylşinders
• Secure cylinders with a chain or strap.
• Always transport cylinders with a wheeled
trolley by securing with chain or strap
• Avoid moving cylinder by tilting it on its base
and rolling it.
• Transport cylinders in up position all the
time. Caps shall be fastened while
transportation.

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