The problem

Companies who operate hazardous plants are fully responsible for the health and safety of the people who work there.  A critical aspect of plant safety is to identify and reduce the risks associated with non routine work such as vessel entry, isolations, working from heights and plant maintenance.  The "permit to work" is the accepted best practice for ensuring that the plant is safe, that people are informed about the risks and that adequate precautions have been taken prior to the work taking place.

Unfortunately, most permit to work systems are simply unmanageable and lack the integrity required to ensure that work always takes place safely.  Paper based systems are prone to problems with traceability, legibility and so on.  Some companies have even resorted to attempting to develop computer based systems in house.  The result of a poorly formed permit could be an accident leading to loss of life, environmental damage, significant damage to reputation of the company, legal and other measures that hold management accountable.

When assessing the underlying risk in your own business you should ask the following questions:

1. What would a major accident do to your businesses reputation, relationships with stakeholders and the authorities?
2. Are you confident that permits are properly authorised by persons with the necessary training and competence?
3. In an accident investigation do you have a complete audit trail of all decisions taken when issuing, accepting and closing the relevant permit?
4. Does your existing system reinforce learning and training by presenting potential hazards and precautions in a way that prevents rote filling out of permits?
5. Are you managing the safety of contractors who work on your plant?
6. Are you doing everything reasonably practicable to ensure that work takes place safely on your plant?

Managing the entire permit to work process

IntelliPERMIT^TM is a proven software solution for managing your entire permit-to-work process with an emphasis on safety and reliability. It helps to ensure that hazards are correctly identified when maintenance work is going to take place, and that the necessary safety precautions are adhered to. Authorisation of permits is controlled and audited to ensure compliance to procedures.

IntelliPERMIT^TM has been proven for over 15 years in industry and incorporates significant learning and experience.  Several million hazardous jobs have already been safely completed using IntelliPERMIT^TM.   The product is efficient and easy to use,  ensures compliance to procedures, controls authorisation of work, improves contractor safety, provides visibility and traceability and drives continuous improvement.   IntelliPERMIT^TM's predictive hazard identification technology is patented and best in class.  With this calibre of solution available, it makes no sense to remain with paper based systems or reinvent the wheel.  

Benefits

Implementing IntelliPERMIT^TM will lead to improved operations performance through improving safety and reducing accidents on the plant.  In addition there are several other benefits:

1. Managing competencies and training of operations personnel
2. Improving control of contractor work
3. Optional integration into site access control preventing entry into hazardous areas, or exit from site without closing off permits
4. Improved visibility on all work taking place in the plant
5. Improved management of complex isolations
6. Reduced audit time and more effective handling of non conformances relating to safe work
7. Train operators every time they create permits through the innovative permit wizard which prevents rote/routine permit entries
8. Allows management to delegate their responsibilities properly to operations with clearly defined safe work procedures and rules enforced

What do our customers say about IntelliPERMIT?

• “Management control of safety is one of the most critical aspects of plant operations. The IntelliPERMIT^TM system provides management with a real-time view of exactly what’s happening on the plant. Permits can be audited from a PC, and because compliance is enforced, safety standards are automatically raised”  - Gary Clancy  Operations Manager, SA Bioproducts
• “The safety of our employees is our highest priority. Permits-to-work, risk assessments and access control form one of the cornerstones of our safety drive. ApplyIT’s IntelliPERMIT^TM offers a state of the art system to integrate these elements seamlessly” - Philip Hechter, Vice President RSA Operations, Samancor Managanese (BHP Billiton)

For more information

You can obtain more information including brochures, datasheets and case studies on this web site or by contacting ApplyIT.  Please don't hesitate - our team will be pleased to help you.