What Is a Hot Works Program
This Program Establishes Written Procedures to Prevent Fires Resulting from Temporary Operations Involving an Open Flame or That Produces Heat, Sparks, or Hot...
This program establishes written procedures to prevent fires resulting from temporary operations involving an open flame or that produces heat, sparks, or hot slag. This includes (but is not limited to) brazing, cutting, grinding, soldering, thawing pipes, torch-applied roofing, and welding.
What is the hot work plan?
The definition of hot work can be applied to activities on a campus such as periodic/planned maintenance activities, new construction work and emergency repairs. Cutting, welding or other “hot work” introduce ignition sources that require special measures to control the associated fire potential.
What does the term hot works mean?
The term ‘hot work’ refers to processes that require the use of open flames or that produce sparks through heat and friction that could ignite into a fire. Hot works include: Riveting. Welding. Flame cutting.
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