Work permit for high-altitude work: who issues it, sample filling

Strict observance of safety rules and labor standards during the work process is, as you know, the main guarantee of maintaining the health and life of an employee. Entered into force in 2015 when working at height (hereinafter referred to as the Rules) determine not only the basic requirements for the performance of labor functions related to this category, but also explain the procedure for maintaining, filling out, issuing and accounting for a work permit for carrying out work at height. What is related to working at height? Who has the right to issue a work permit for work at height? What information must be entered when completing this document?

What is working at height?

To begin with, it makes sense to define what is in accordance with the TERF. For most people, the first thing that comes to mind when they think of height is construction or outdoor repair jobs, industrial climbing, and other activities that require a worker to climb high enough to risk their lives. However, under this definition, the Rules include not only What kind of labor activity is legally classified as work at height?

Labor functions in the course of which there is a risk of falling from a height of 1.8 m or more.
Performing work that is carried out above the surface of the water, protruding objects or machines and other mechanisms, if the employee risks falling from a height of less than 1.8 m.
Works that are carried out at a distance of less than 2 m from unfenced (or with a fence of 1.1 m and below) surface differences of more than 1.8 m in height.
In the process of work, a vertical ladder is ascended or descended to a height of more than 5 m, while in relation to the horizontal surface it is 75˚ or more.

Thus, work at height can include not only pulling power lines, industrial mountaineering or the work of a high-altitude assembler, but also interior finishing work, washing windows, pruning trees and much more.

Who can do this type of work

Employees who have access to this type of activity and a level of professional qualification corresponding to the nature of the work performed have the right to carry out work at height. An employee must confirm qualifications with a document (diploma, certificate, etc.) on qualifications and/or professional education.

An employee has the right to obtain access to high-altitude work after successfully completing training in the field of safety and labor protection. This:

training in labor protection requirements with subsequent testing of knowledge;
a training course on safe techniques and methods for carrying out these works;
briefings on labor protection, conducted in accordance with the requirements of labor legislation.

In addition, only adults (aged 18 years and older) and who have passed a medical examination can be allowed to work at height.

Based on the results of the training, employees who meet all of the above requirements receive a certificate indicating the access group for work at height. Subsequently, employees engaged in this type of activity are required to undergo periodic training (retraining) in a timely manner on safe methods of performing work at height, depending on the work safety group.

The procedure for organizing work at height

The start of work at height should be preceded by several mandatory stages of preparation and organization:

Drawing up and approval of a list of works at height, performed by company employees in non-stationary places.
Development and coordination and implementation of a work plan (hereinafter referred to as PPR) at a height in accordance with the list approved by the organization.
For work carried out in the security zone of communications or buildings, it is required to obtain an official permit from the owner of the building or communications.
Briefing on work at height for members of the work team specified in the work permit (conducted by the RRR).

Drawing up a PPR

For its compilation, the organization appoints a person responsible for approving the PPR (an official of the organization). The WEP contains a detailed informative description of all stages of work, including:

Means and methods for ensuring the safety of the health and life of employees performing work at height: means of protection against harmful production factors, enumeration of safety, enclosing, protective devices and mechanisms, and so on.
Methods and description of devices for lifting people and goods, auxiliary scaffolding means (scaffolding, ladders, cables, etc.), methods for removing (exporting) waste and debris.
Used means of communication, lighting, signaling, fire-fighting and sanitary support, technological compliance of mechanisms and equipment, etc.
Other measures designed to ensure a safe work process.

It is important! The list of security measures in the work permit must comply with the measures specified in the PPR. It is strictly forbidden to make changes to the measures to ensure the safety of high-altitude work, which are indicated in the work permit and the PPR.

Who can issue a work permit?

The work permit - a permit order on a special form - confirms that the employees (labor team) have received the employer's direction to perform specific work. Who issues a work permit for work at height in the employer's organization? To complete and issue it, it must be appointed from among the leaders or specialists of the organization (most often, an occupational safety engineer). The assignment of this function must be secured by an order (instruction) of the head of the organization.

In addition, in order to organize the safe performance of high-altitude work in the organization, the following should be appointed:

Responsible work manager (hereinafter referred to as RRR), also from among the specialists or heads of the organization.
Responsible manufacturer (executor) of works. It can be an employee who holds the position of a foreman in the organization, a team leader or a highly qualified worker.

All appointed officials are required to undergo special training.

Responsibility of an official

According to the Rules, persons having the authority to issue a work permit are responsible for:

Correct and timely filling and issuance, as well as further accounting and storage of closed forms of the work permit.
Approval of the composition of the working team and the appointment of persons responsible for security.
Carrying out measures to ensure the safety of the work indicated in the work permit, as well as monitoring compliance with and carrying out the security measures specified in the work permit.

Filling rules

The general rules for filling out a work permit for work at height are as follows:

Accounting for high-altitude work carried out with the issuance of a work permit is kept in a separate production journal (Journal of work on the work permit).
The outfit is drawn up in at least two copies, both are issued under the signature of the ORR, with an entry in the UR Journal.
All entries are made in the work permit form for high-altitude work in legible handwriting, without strikethroughs or corrections.
Filling is done exclusively with ink writing. It is unacceptable to use a pencil for this.
The procedure for assigning a serial number to an admission is established by an administrative document (order, order, etc.) of the head of the organization.
If there is not enough space to fill in the lines of one form, you can hem (glue) an addition to the admission order. At the same time, a clarifying inscription “See. additional form. The second sheet of the form is assigned the same serial registration number as the main form.
When entering information about employees of the organization, their surnames (in full) and initials should be indicated.
The dates in the work permit form are entered in numbers, for example, “11/04/2017”.

How to fill out an order

What information should a work permit for work at height contain (see below for a sample filling out)? Currently, there is no strictly statutory form for the work permit form for work at height. The form valid at the enterprise (in the organization) is approved by the order of the head and must contain items that are mandatory for entering the information prescribed by the Rules. Thus, the issuance of the work permit is carried out as follows:

A serial registration number is entered in the table of contents in accordance with the numbering procedure approved by the organization.
In the lines "Enterprise" and "Subdivision" the legal name of the organization and the name of the subdivision without abbreviations are entered.
The surnames and initials of the ORR and the responsible executor are indicated.
The nominal composition of the brigade of workers indicating the tolerance. If in the future the composition of the brigade is changed, the ORR or the responsible executor are required to record this in the work permit, entering the surname and initials of the new employee in the form in the line “Separate instructions”.
The place where the work will be done.
Content (name) of all ongoing work.
The term (period) of the work (specific start time and end time).
The list of equipment required to ensure the performance of high-altitude work.
Conditions: all possible harmful and dangerous production factors that may arise during the performance of these types of work at height are listed.
Measures to ensure the safety of work at height: provision of PPE, special equipment, installation of a protective fence, etc.
Information about the preliminary check of the place of high-altitude work: date, full name, position held and personal signature of the employee who issued the permit, as well as the responsible executor.
In the line "Issued a work permit" the surname and initials, the position of the authorized person for issuing this document are indicated. It is certified by the personal signature of the person who issued the paper.
The “Instruction” section is filled in: the surname and initials of the ORR, who conducted the briefing for the workers of the brigade, data (full name, position) and the personal signature of the workers who underwent the briefing.
Additionally, subject to the work of several shifts, a daily admission is issued.
Upon completion of high-altitude work, the work permit is closed by filling in the line "Completion of work", which indicates the date and time of completion of high-altitude work and information about checking equipment, tools, and other things.

Validity, renewal

The permit document is issued for the period necessary to carry out the planned high-altitude work, but not more than 15 calendar days from the start of their implementation. It is allowed to extend the validity period for up to 15 days, but only once.

If a break occurs in the process of high-altitude work, then, regardless of the reason, the work permit remains valid. In some cases, the ORR may decide to prematurely terminate the validity of the work permit and stop the implementation of work on it, if in the process of performing high-altitude work, unavoidable production factors have arisen that pose a danger to the health or life of workers.

Storage

The storage of canceled documents (work permits for which high-altitude work is finally terminated or completed) is carried out for 30 days, after which the forms are destroyed in the prescribed manner. The exception is permits if an industrial accident occurred during work on them at height. Such work permits are filed in the archive along with the materials on the internal investigation.

Organization of work at height without a work permit

The rules provide for exceptional cases when workers can start specific work at height without a formalized work permit. These situations include:

elimination of the threat to the life of an employee;
prevention (prevention) of an accident;
liquidation of the consequences of various natural disasters or industrial accidents.

It should be immediately clarified that the exceptions to the Rules apply only to work that is completed within 24 hours. If after this period the need for high-altitude work remains, the work permit for high-altitude work must be issued without fail.