Job Safety Analysis / Permit To Work

Fabrication site construction safety recommended practice – Hazardous activities
7. Job Safety Analysis /

Permit to Work
A Job Safety Analysis is a formalized procedure whereby persons involved in
a task get together before work starts to assess the work, identify associated
hazards and recommend safe job practices and precautionary measures.
A Permit to Work system is a formal written system used to control certain

types of work which are identified as potentially hazardous. It is also a means of
communication between site/installation management, supervisors and those
who carry out the work.
1) All site work activities are risk assessed. All non-routine or hazardous
activities require some type of Job Safety Analysis: a generic Job Safety
Analysis for lower risk activities, a unique Job Safety Analysis and a Permit to
Work are required for higher risk activities as defined by the Site. Sites agree
with the project team those routine activities they feel will not require Job
Safety Analysis.
2) Prior to performing a task, field personnel have a pre-job meeting and review
the Job Safety Analysis and the work permit. All members of the work team
are required to review and sign the Job Safety Analysis and/or permit.
3) Workers will stop work if the work scope or work conditions change, if an
incident or near miss happens or if there is a site emergency alarm or
evacuation. The Job Safety Analysis and permit are reviewed and revised as
needed, and the permit re-authorized or re-issued before work resumes.
4) Work planned for one area or system is reviewed to identify hazards (such as
energy sources, hazardous atmospheres, working at heights, and confined
spaces) and controls associated with conflicting work scopes in the same or
adjacent areas.
5) Site Management has a verification system in place to ensure personnel at site
follow the requirements of the Permit to Work and Job Safety Analysis.
Job Safety Analysis

6) The Job Safety Analysis process:
• identifies the basic steps included in a task
• identifies the hazards associated with each step, including potential
hazards from other activities in the same area
• identifies controls to eliminate/minimize each identified hazard.
7) A Job Safety Analysis is written in the working language of the work group
when the literacy level of the work group allows, or as a minimum there are
arrangements to verbally review the Job Safety Analysis with the work group in
the language they use.
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8) A Job Safety Analysis is written by the work team or by individuals as close to

the work as possible, with active participation by First Line supervisors and
members of the work team.
9) First Line supervisors are responsible for monitoring the work to verify
implementation of the controls identified in the Job Safety Analysis.
10) Focus areas on line-of-fire hazards are included in the Job Safety Analysis,
such as:
• dropped objects
• swinging loads
• pressure releases
• tool or equipment movement
• hoisted loads that might swing or fall
• sources of energy: electrical, hydraulic, heat or pressure.
Permit to Work
11) Site Management specifies when a Permit to Work is required. Supervisors
risk assess all work and determine if a work permit is required for specific
work or if a Job Safety Analysis alone is sufficient to control hazards.
12) If multiple Permit to Work systems are in place on a construction site then
a mechanism is required to ensure there are no conflicts (e.g. SIMOPS,
incompatible work processes, commissioning clashes etc.) between these
systems or work carried out. For each work activity, there must be one
permit to work utilized by workers so that the permit requirements are clearly
documented and understood.
13) Roles and responsibilities are defined for personnel who take part in Permit
to Work implementation, including Person In Charge, permit requestors,
permit issuers/coordinators, permit receivers, and permit holders. Training is
provided for those positions and the people holding these positions have been
trained.
14) Permits cannot be changed in the field without re-submittal and full approval.
15) Work plans are developed for the coming activities, identifying areas and
systems affected. Plans are formally communicated to the Permit issuer/
coordinator, as a minimum, before the activity starts.
16) The permit holder confirms that the workplace has been inspected before
work starts, that it conforms to permit listed requirements, that it is safe to
start work, and that the work permit has been signed.
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17) All permits have a specified duration. There is a process in place to identify
permits which have not been closed within the specified duration.
18) There is a process for handover of permits between shifts.
19) Permit closeout checks confirm that:
• work was completed or suspended satisfactorily
• Isolations and Temporary Defeats were returned to service and assessed
• equipment was returned to a safe condition
• housekeeping is satisfactory
• completion of the work is communicated to the affected personnel.
Relevant IOGP Life-Saving Rules, Report 459
Work with a valid permit when required
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Fabrication site construction safety recommended practice – Hazardous activities

7. Job Safety Analysis /

A Permit to Work system is a formal written system used to control certain

Job Safety Analysis

8) A Job Safety Analysis is written by the work team or by individuals as close to

Relevant IOGP Life-Saving Rules, Report 459

Work with a valid permit when required

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