Hot Work (Work with Heat) at Mine (PART 2)

Fire watch
Is a person assigned to supervise the work of Hot Work during the work was done, a fire watch shall:
• Trained to understand the hazards associated with work area and work of Hot Work
• Ensure that safe conditions maintained during Hot Work Work done
• Has authority to stop work if unsafe conditions occur
• Have adequate fire extinguishers and are trained to use it
• Already familiar with the equipment and emergency procedures applicable in case of fire
• Monitor all fires in the area that looks
• Extinguish fires in accordance with the capabilities they have a fire extinguisher
• Ring the alarm, if the fire can not be extinguished with a fire extinguisher capabilities of existing
• Doing other jobs, as long as not to distract from the task of Fire Watch

Before the permit issued:
1. All cracks in floors or walls should be covered with anti-fire material or other material can not be burned
2. Tagged on the conveyor
3. Cover the walls, partitions, ceilings or roofs made of materials that can burn (eg wood)
4. Perform preventive measures did the lighting a fire in the wall behind the work site
5. Hot Work on the pipe or metal associated with fire walls that could not be done, because fires can occur through heat conduction.
Hot Work is not permitted if:
1. The work can not be moved to a location that is free of flammable
2. Material can not be transferred to burn a safe distance or protected from fire
3. Hot work can not be scheduled such that the operation of the material can be burned to the source of the fire can not be avoided during the work Hot Work.
Things that must be considered
- Welding or cutting of container
- Working in confined spaces
- Fall Protection
- Placement of cable welder
- Selection of eye protection
- Safety helmet and protective hand
- Protective clothing
- Securing the tubes and machines
- Existing information on the warning label on the fluxes, coatings, coverings, and filler metal