Building an Effective Permit to Work System

This workplace safety training will help the attendees understand key elements that are necessary for building an effective permit to work system and review their existing system and identify improvement needs.

Why Should You Attend:

An HSE survey showed that a third of all accidents were maintenance-related, the largest single cause being a lack of, or deficiency in, permit-to-work systems. In a study of small and medium-sized factories:

• Two-thirds of companies were not checking systems adequately;
• Two-thirds of permits did not adequately identify potential hazards;
• Nearly half dealt poorly with isolation of plant, electrical equipment, etc;
• A third of permits were unclear on what personal protective clothing was needed;
• A quarter of permits did not deal adequately with formal hand-back of plant once maintenance work had finished;
• In many cases little thought had been given to permit form design.

This webinar will review the key elements in an effective permit to work system. It will help participants to design an effective permit to work system or review their existing system and identify improvement needs.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Defining Permit to Work System (PTWS)
• Typical applications
• How and when to effectively utilized PTWS
• Performing risk assessments
• Identifying hazards
• Preparing the worksite
• Completing the actual permit
• Continuous learning

Who will Benefit:

• Business Leaders
• Facility Managers
• Operations and HR Managers
• Front Line Supervisors
• Contract Owners/Holders
• Health, Safety and Environmental staff
• In-house Attorneys

Instructor Profile:

Styron Powers, CSP, CHMM, provides consulting services to assist companies and municipalities in making significant and sustainable improvements in workplace safety and process safety management. His client list includes multinational firms and he has developed and implemented several Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Processes/Procedures, in: energy, transportation, manufacturing, logistics and services. Mr. Powers is a global Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) leader with twenty-five (25) years of experience at the plant, division, corporate and executive level which included BP, Exxon Mobil, Lockheed Martin and RR Donnelley. He has in-depth experience in risk/incident reduction, ensuring sustainable production, assessing business impact, and developing/implementing compliant, cost effective solutions that are owned by the business.