• Non-routine work increases process risk and can directly lead to conditions that make a cat-astrophic accident much more likely.
•Safe work practices are critical elements in the management of non-routine work.
•Safe work practices include an integrated management system of policies, procedures and permits that help protect workers from hazards and prevent the sudden release of process materials or energy during non-routine work activities.
Each instrumented safeguard exists for a reason, protecting against some hazard to personnel, the environment, or to assets. The potential consequence of improper bypassing or jumpering of safeguards is the occurrence of the very hazard the safeguard was there to prevent or miti-gate. These hazards typically include fires, explosions, catastrophic overpressure events, toxic releases, or exposure to personnel to hazards inherent to the process equipment.
To identify and manage bypassing of instrumented safeguards on process equipment, which are designed to pre-vent fires, explosions, or toxic releases that could result in personal injuries, property damage, community impacts, environmental impacts, or business impacts.
