Permit to work and industrial safety process templates
Permit-to-work and industrial safety process templates: hot work, confined space entry, lockout/tagout and energy isolation, working at height, excavation, gas testing, toolbox talks, contractor induction, stop work authority, near misses and evacuation.
Permit to work and industrial safety process templates in this category
- Emergency response flowchart: decision tree template — A decision tree for the first minutes of a workplace emergency: who is at risk, is it safe to approach, evacuate or shelter, and who gives the all-clear.
- Workplace incident reporting process flowchart (health and safety) — Workplace incident reporting process flowchart for accidents and near misses: first aid, reporting window, statutory report, investigation, corrective actions.
- Safety incident investigation process flowchart (scene to controls) — Safety incident investigation process flowchart: preserve the scene, classify potential severity, notify the regulator, gather evidence, interview witnesses, reach the organisational causes, verify the controls.
- Permit to work process flowchart (issue, suspend, hand back) — Permit to work process flowchart template: screening, risk assessment, permit type, isolation and proving, second signature, issue and display, suspension, shift handover, hand-back and cancellation.
- Hot work permit process flowchart (welding, cutting and grinding) — Hot work permit process flowchart template: cold-method challenge, area fire risk assessment, combustibles cleared, fire watch appointed, gas test, time-limited permit, suspension on alarm, post-work watch and closure.
- Confined space entry process flowchart (permit-required entry) — Confined space entry flowchart template: the avoid-entry test, isolation and lock-off, ventilation, gas testing, rescue cover, permit issue, attendant and monitoring, evacuation, headcount and permit cancellation.
- Lockout/tagout process flowchart (LOTO hazardous energy control) — Lockout/tagout process flowchart template: minor servicing check, equipment-specific procedure, affected employee notification, isolation, group lockbox, stored energy, zero energy verification and lock removal.
- Working at height permit process flowchart (fall protection) — Working at height permit process flowchart template: the avoidance question, collective protection or fall arrest, rescue plan, scaffold and MEWP inspection, weather call, exclusion zone, permit issue and close-out.
- Electrical isolation process flowchart (identify to re-energise) — Electrical isolation flowchart template: identify the circuit and every supply, decide dead or live working, isolate and lock off, prove dead, earth where required, issue the permit, work and restore.
- Energy isolation process flowchart (multi-energy process plant) — Energy isolation process flowchart template: isolation boundary and energy sources, isolation standard, scheme approval, lock and tag, purge, zero-energy proving, isolation certificate and reinstatement.
- Excavation permit process flowchart (ground disturbance) — Excavation permit flowchart template: utility records and service marking, hand digging inside the tolerance zone, soil classification, sloping or shoring, permit issue, pre-entry inspection, backfill and handback.
- Gas testing process flowchart (permit-to-work atmospheric testing) — Gas testing flowchart template: test called on the permit, authorised tester, calibration and bump test, oxygen then LEL then toxics, a limits decision, ventilate and retest, continuous monitoring and alarm response.
- Toolbox talk process flowchart (daily pre-task safety briefing) — Toolbox talk flowchart template: topic from the talk plan or a recent incident, controls from the risk assessment, the talk delivered at the workface, issues fixed, logged or stopped, attendance recorded.
- Contractor safety induction process flowchart (site access) — Contractor safety induction flowchart template: pre-qualification check, ID and certificate checks at the gate, site rules and emergency briefing, work area walk, assessment, badge issue with an expiry and supervised first shift.
- Stop work authority process flowchart (stop to resumption) — Stop work authority flowchart template: stop the job and warn those affected, make the area safe, agree the hazard, fix it or escalate, authorise resumption in writing, and protect the person who stopped.
- Near miss reporting process flowchart (close calls and high potential) — Near miss reporting process flowchart template: make the area safe, report by name or anonymously, supervisor acknowledgement, classification, potential severity rating, high potential investigation and feedback to the reporter.