Work

Request

Safety Controller (SC)

• Decides if work is part of the system.
• Decides if work can be carried out by limiting the access.
• Decides what isolation is required within the company system, discusses intercompany (system) requirements with a Safety Co-ordinator.
• Writes Safety Documents identifying as appropriate points of isolation.
• Prepares Designated Person list.
• Issues Designated Person isolation sheet.
• Secures keys when returned by DP.
• Confirms and signs that precautions taken will maintain safety from the system.

Designated Person (DP)

• Takes Instruction from the SC as to the necessary isolations, earthing and applies them as required.
• Returns DP sheet and keys to SC.

Issuer

Issues the safety document to suitably authorised acceptors along with the items to be issued with the safety document and identifying any further precautions to be taken or precautions that may be varied.

Safety Co-ordinator (SCo)

• Discusses need for isolation in another system with a suitably authorised person for that role in the other system(s).
• completion of isolation and where necessary earthing.

Acceptor

• Accepts the safety document from the issuer confirming the understanding of the work. Further precautions to be taken and precaution that may be varied and accepting any items required to be issued with the safety document.

Work Commences

Interactions between responsible Persons, identified in the Safety Rules, from the arrival of a Work Request to the commencement of the Work