Permit to work

Hazards

• A formal authorization controlling specified hazardous work for a limited place, time, and condition.

Controls

• Verify isolations and precautions, identify issuer and receiver, suspend on change, and close the permit after inspection.

Personal protective equipment

• Select task-specific PPE only after hazards and higher-order controls have been evaluated.

Regional considerations

• Applicable law, permits, collective agreements, venue rules, and qualified-person decisions take precedence.

In practice

Verify isolations and precautions, identify issuer and receiver, suspend on change, and close the permit after inspection.

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