Recent offshore incidents and safety audits have exposed serious gaps in how “hot work” — activities like welding, cutting, and grinding — is planned, supervised, and controlled on offshore platforms and vessels.
Investigations found lapses in permit-to-work systems, inadequate gas testing, poor isolation of flammable materials, and insufficient crew training.
Why It Matters?
Hot work is one of the leading causes of catastrophic offshore accidents.
These gaps put lives at risk, threaten asset integrity, and can trigger major environmental damage.