Hot Work: The Reading Changes

You are the HSE supervisor for hot work near a process area. The permit is valid, controls are in place and work is about to start. Conditions begin to change. Your decisions alter what happens next.

Hot Work / Gas TestingEXPERT

Safety100

Judgment100

Response100

01 / EVENT

FIELD SITUATION

A reading starts to drift

The pre-work gas test was acceptable. Minutes later, the continuous monitor shows a rising flammable-gas trend. It has not yet reached the alarm setpoint. The crew is ready and the permit is signed.