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Hot Work Checklist

This document provides a checklist for precautions to take before, during, and after hot work. It details steps to prepare the work area and equipment, including removing combustibles, covering openings, and arranging fire protection equipment and fire watches. The checklist is intended to help safely conduct hot work and make good the area afterwards.

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Hot Work Checklist

This document provides a checklist for precautions to take before, during, and after hot work. It details steps to prepare the work area and equipment, including removing combustibles, covering openings, and arranging fire protection equipment and fire watches. The checklist is intended to help safely conduct hot work and make good the area afterwards.

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Making sense of risk

Risk engineering

HOT WORK PERMIT NUMBER

HOT WORK
Precautions
Checklist NOTE: Remember to keep the Hot work permit on file,
or scan and save on computer.

This checklist is to be printed out for convenience and used as a reminder when preparing the site and making good afterwards. It
may be discarded when the job has been signed off on the Hot work permit.

Precautions before and during hot work


Preparing the area Completed Not applicable (N/A)

Inspect and sweep the area.

Wet down or apply damp sand to any timber floors.

Cover or shield automatic sprinkler and/or fire detector heads if they are close enough
to the hot works to be accidentally activated.

Remove movable combustible items to at least 15m away, and make sure that any
exposed levels below the hot work are also checked and cleared.

Cover or shield with non-combustible tarpaulins or barriers any remaining


combustibles within 15m of hot work area. (This distance should be greater for
vulnerable objects on any levels below the hot works.)

Isolate and/or remove from the area flammable/combustible gases, dusts and liquids.

Shield any fuel lines and pipework.

Cover all openings such as ducts and grilles.

Decide on an escape route, in case of an emergency.


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Risk engineering

Precautions before and during hot work (continued)


Prepare equipment and systems Completed Not applicable (N/A)

Check that automatic sprinklers/other fixed firewater systems are in service. (If they
are out of service, seek guidance from the Fire Safety Manager.)

Inspect hot work equipment to ensure it is in serviceable and safe condition.

Arrange for portable extinguishers and/or water-charged hoses to be within 10m.

Arrange a fire watch during pauses in hot work and for at least 30 minutes after
completion. Revisit high-risk areas (e.g. difficult-to-see spaces) occasionally for at
least 3 hours after hot work completion.

Ensure that people involved in the work understand the company’s emergency
procedures, and that the fire watch person is ready to respond to any fire threat.

Precautions after hot work

Time hot work completed: Time fire watch completed:

Make good the area Completed Not applicable (N/A)

Inspect the area, including exposed levels below work, or hidden behind work.

Remove wet rags used to cover automatic sprinklers, and any caps used to cover fire
detector heads.

Remove non-combustible covers and shields.

Ensure that the fire watch remains at the job site during breaks or pauses, and for
at least 30 minutes after job completion. Revisit high-risk areas (e.g. difficult-to-see
spaces) occasionally for at least 3 hours after hot work completion.

The information in this document is presented by Liberty Specialty Markets (Liberty), a trading name of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (ABN 61 086 083 605) incorporated in
Massachusetts, USA (the liability of members is limited); Liberty Specialty Markets (Liberty), a trading name of Liberty Specialty Markets Limited (No. 2400200), incorporated in Hong Kong;
Liberty Specialty Markets Pte Limited (Registration No.: LF12903) trading as Liberty Specialty Markets, Labuan Branch; and Liberty Specialty Markets Pte Limited (UEN 201538069C),
incorporated in Singapore. It is acknowledged that this document is not intended to identify all hazards that may exist, nor is it intended to be an exhaustive review of all possible
eventualities. The recommendations contained in this document are purely advisory and the decision and responsibility for implementation rests with the site’s management. This document
is intended to provide general information only. You should not act on the basis of information contained within this document without first obtaining specific professional advice. Liberty
makes no representation or warranty in relation to the accuracy or completeness of factual information contained in this document.  Liability for indirect or consequential loss arising out of
or in connection with this document is expressly excluded. This information is current as at September 2017.

AP0547-09-17

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