Resources
Practical articles on PTW procedure, compliance, and best practice — written for site managers, facilities teams, and H&S consultants.
What a PTW actually is, why it exists, when it's legally required, the six core sections every permit must contain, and how digital systems are replacing paper.
The 30-minute (and sometimes 60-minute) fire watch rule, extinguisher types and placement distances, the BS 4163:2014 cooling period, and the most common ways hot works fires start hours after the job finishes.
The confirmed dead procedure, LOTO requirements, Authorised Person and Competent Person duties, arc flash, and what happens when isolation goes wrong.
The hierarchy of controls, scaffold inspection requirements, harness and anchor point checks, rescue plan obligations, and why "call 999" is not a rescue plan.
Four-gas atmospheric testing, standby person duties, non-entry rescue requirements, ventilation, and how confined space incidents kill would-be rescuers as well as entrants.
The 500mm hand-dig rule, CAT and Genny scanning, shoring and battering requirements, flooding controls, and the CDM 2015 duties that apply before a spade goes in the ground.
When LOLER requires a permit, what a lift plan must contain, the Appointed Person role, LOLER examination intervals, ground bearing pressure, outrigger mats, and exclusion zones.