Hot Work Safety
Preventing fires, explosions and injuries from welding, cutting, grinding, brazing and torch work: OSHA 1910 Subpart Q and 1926 Subpart J, NFPA 51B (2024), NFPA 241 and ANSI Z49.1, ignition pathways, cold alternatives and designated areas, permits and roles, the 35 ft protective zone, gas testing in % LEL and making containers safe, fire watches and post-work monitoring, cylinders and oxy-fuel equipment, fume, radiation and PPE, roofs, process plants and confined spaces, contractors, audits and a hot work program.
HSE-216 12 lessons · 5 h 1 min
Offered by HSM University · Safety Training
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Define hot work and explain why it is a leading cause of workplace fires and explosions
- Locate the US hot work rules, including OSHA 1910 Subpart Q and 1926 Subpart J, NFPA 51B, NFPA 241 and ANSI Z49.1
- Explain how sparks, slag, conduction, vapors, dusts and concealed spaces turn hot work into fires and explosions
- Apply the hierarchy of controls to hot work and choose cold alternatives and designated areas where possible
- Describe the hot work permit life cycle and the duties of operators, permit authorizing individuals, fire watches and management
- Prepare the protective zone by removing or protecting combustibles, covering openings and providing extinguishers
- Interpret combustible gas readings in % LEL and make tanks, drums and containers safe before hot work
- Plan and carry out a fire watch of the required duration, including post-work monitoring and final inspections
- Store, handle, set up and shut down compressed gas cylinders and oxy-fuel equipment safely
- Recognize welding fume, gas, radiation, shock, burn and noise hazards and select ventilation and PPE
- Apply additional controls for roofs, occupied buildings, data centers, process plants, confined spaces and construction sites
- Manage contractors, audit permits, learn from incidents and design a hot work program for a workplace
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 1 min total · final exam
- 1 Hot work: what it is and why it matters 25 min · quiz
- 2 OSHA hot work standards, NFPA 51B and the law in the US 24 min · quiz
- 3 How hot work ignites fires and explosions 25 min · quiz
- 4 Avoiding hot work and planning the job 25 min · quiz
- 5 Hot work permits, roles and responsibilities 25 min · quiz
- 6 Protecting combustibles and the hot work zone 25 min · quiz
- 7 Gas testing and hot work near flammables, tanks and containers 25 min · quiz
- 8 Fire watch and post-work monitoring 25 min · quiz
- 9 Compressed gas cylinders and oxy-fuel equipment 25 min · quiz
- 10 Welding health hazards: fumes, gases, radiation and PPE 26 min · quiz
- 11 Hot work in special locations 25 min · quiz
- 12 Contractors, audits, incident lessons and capstone: a hot work program 26 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Preventing fires, explosions and injuries from welding, cutting, grinding, brazing and torch work: OSHA 1910 Subpart Q and 1926 Subpart J, NFPA 51B (2024), NFPA 241 and ANSI Z49.1, ignition pathways, cold alternatives and designated areas, permits and roles, the 35 ft protective zone, gas testing in % LEL and making containers safe, fire watches and post-work monitoring, cylinders and oxy-fuel equipment, fume, radiation and PPE, roofs, process plants and confined spaces, contractors, audits and a hot work program.