Lessons From Deadly Permit-to-Work Failures

Update: 2025-07-15

Description

This episode revisits the critical topic of permit-to-work systems, exploring how these systems manage the safe transfer of equipment ownership between operations and maintenance teams. Trish & Traci discuss key elements, different permit types, common failures, and the tragic Piper Alpha disaster.

Comments

In Channel

Henry David Thoreau of Process Safety – Trevor Kletz

2025-10-1425:28

Hidden Hazards: 10 Common PHA Oversights

2025-09-2317:57

How Equipment Reliability Impacts Process Safety

2025-09-0932:44

Process Safety: The Dangers of Blindly Following Instructions

2025-08-2606:02

Challenge the Illusion of Safety

2025-08-1248:54

Lessons From Deadly Permit-to-Work Failures

2025-07-1525:40

Process Safety: Serve Up the Tim Tam Slam

2025-07-0805:33

Lessons Learned from the Columbia Disaster

2025-06-2436:47

Taming Static Electricity in Glass-Lined Reactors

2025-06-1012:24

AI and Machine Learning Transform Compliance, But Humans Still Key

2025-05-2725:43

Callide Power Station: 34 Minutes to Disaster

2025-05-1337:19

Process Safety: Wield Questions to Learn and Teach

2025-04-2906:25

Deadly Lessons from BP Disasters

2025-04-1527:06

Stop Stupidity with Relief Devices

2025-03-2506:12

4 Cs of Effective Process Safety Storytelling

2025-03-1123:50

An Engineer’s Process Safety Evolution

2025-02-2506:23

Can an AI Copilot Streamline HAZOPs?

2025-02-1128:44

Job Hazard Analysis Makeover: 5 Crucial Steps

2025-01-2124:25

6 Process Safety Pearls of Wisdom

2025-01-0717:16

Process Safety Lessons from Bhopal 40 Years Later

2024-12-2405:18

00:00

Lessons From Deadly Permit-to-Work Failures

#box-pro-ellipsis-176074111396679{-webkit-line-clamp:2;}Lessons From Deadly Permit-to-Work Failures

Lessons From Deadly Permit-to-Work Failures

chemicalprocessingsafety

Lessons From Deadly Permit-to-Work Failures