What is Work Permit System?
The work permit is a certified procedure for allowing certain work to be carried out in a fixed place and during a given period of time. It is also a procedure authorizing entry to certain facilities. It provides a check list for a systematic method of risk assessment, warns the residual hazards in the job, and outlines the precautions to be taken while carrying out the job. It provides responsibility for the persons who are accountable for authorizing the work and ensuring that the workplace is safe. It establishes safe working conditions for carrying out any work, and to serve as an official record of those established conditions as requirements agreed upon by the issuer and acceptor of the permit.
Scope and Application
The work permit Standard (IS 17893: 2023) prescribes following work permits:
• Cold Work
• Hot Work
• Confined space/vessel entry
• Excavation
• Electrical work
• Work at height
• Radiography
Work permit may not be applicable for the areas/activities:
• All Routine jobs in office buildings
• Routine welding/cutting and similar maintenance/fabrication job
• Visual inspection
• Routine sampling for the purpose of laboratory analysis
• Canteen for cooking, preparing tea/food
• Collection of garbage
• Gardening related manual jobs
• Any other routine activities
Main Highlights of Work Permit Standard (IS 17893: 2023)
The work permit Standard (IS 17893: 2023) defines the following key features:
• General Procedure for work permit
• Details of work permit for different works
• Procedure for work permit formats
• Approvals
• Inter Plant Clearances
• Revalidation and Renewals
• Closures and Cancellation
• Audits
• Responsibility
• Records
