Health and Satety Executive Contents Introduction 5 Scope and target audience 5 Legal considerations 6 Risk reduction and ALARP 6 Overview of isolation hazards. 7 ‘Management of isolations 7 Basic principles 7 Design 8 Human factors 10 Roles and responstbilties 12 Training and competence 14 Monitoring, audit and review 15 Setting performance indicators for isolation activities. 17, Safe systems of work for isolation activities 17 Werk contiol systems. 17 Documentation 17 Controling interactions with other work/systems 18 Controling changes 19. Key stages of process isolation 27 Hazard identification 22 Risk assessment and selection of isolation scheme 29 Planning and preparation of equipment 37 Installation of the isolation. 32 Draining, venting, purging and flushing 94 Testing and monitoring effectiveness of the fsolation 35 Reinstatement of the plant 58 Isolation situations requiring specific considerations 39 Own isolations. 39 Arrangements for large-scale isolations 47 Extended isolations 42 Appendices 42 1 Legal requirements 42 2 Non-process isolation hazards. 44 8 Checklists for monitoring and roviow 47 4. Valve types and issues 50 5 Isolation methods. 52 6 Example of a solection tool to establish the ‘baseline standard’ for a final isolation 59 Pipeline bolation requirements 68 Draining, venting, purging and flushing activities 72 Isolations for instrument work 75 8 9 References and further reading 77 Glossary 79 The sa lscaton of plant and equipment Page Sot 8