Permit to Work Hot Works
Health & Safety Xpert™ Total Toolkit is an easy to use software package that will save you massive amounts of time producing crucial health and safety documentation legally required under current UK law. This includes the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and the new Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations 2007.
The Permit to Work Hot Works printout is available with Health and Safety Xpert Total Toolkit. Click here to view a sample Permit to Work Hot Works PDF.
Under The Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations 2007 the main duty holders are employers, self-employed and persons who control the way in which construction work is carried out. This includes taking steps to prevent and control emergencies (regulations 39, 40, 41) including the following measures :-
- Prevent risk from fire, explosion, flooding and asphyxiation;
- Provide emergency routes and exits;
- Make arrangements for dealing with emergencies, including procedures for evacuating the site;
- Where necessary, provide fire-fighting equipment, fire detectors and alarm systems.
Use the Hot Works Permit (Permit to Work) included with Health & Safety Xpert™ software to help you control hazardous work and authorise only specific persons to undertake particular tasks in a designated area. The Permit to Work is designed to help you define the safety precautions to be taken depending on the nature of the work being performed and the hazards involved. You should use it to record the methods to be used and precautions to be taken which should be agreed to by all parties concerned beforehand and clearly stated on the Permit to Work. The Permit to Work must be signed off by all parties before any work commences. Permits to Work are only valid for specific short periods of time and therefore help you to monitor the ongoing use of suitable safe systems of work.
It is important to file these records so that they could be consulted by an inspector if necessary.