How long do you keep your hotwork permits?

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Details: Written by Bryan Haywood; Parent Category: Safety Info Posts; Category: OSHA Compliance Posts; Published: 13 February 2015

hotwork sign In just about all our audits, we get this question. We all know that OSHA requires us to maintain our PRCS Entry Permits for one year to be used in our annual program review, but they do not mention HW permit retention. We always advise maintaining HW permits on a rolling 12-month schedule; however, at some very large facilities, this can take a lot of filing cabinets! So I am asked by legal "what is officially required," and that is where I go to one of my most trusted sources... State Fire Code. I am unaware of any state not having a fire code, even when most adopt the International Fire Code(s). For example, in my home state of Ohio, we are REQUIRED by our code to keep our hotwork permits for...

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#2 Bryan 2015-02-16 21:17

You are correct, TX is one of the states with no state fire code. Of course the State Fire Marshal investigation does not mention the state not having a code, but rather states neither the town or county had adopted a fire code and the town nor county had a fire marshal to conduct inspections!

#1 Michael HIrvela 2015-02-16 21:00

Bryan: Didn't the investigation regarding the West Texas fertilizer plant note that Texas doesn't have a fire code? Seem to remember something like that.
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