2. Welding/hot works by maintenance department/contractors
should not be allowed without written permission
of safety officer/shift security officer. Departments
should ensure that welding is not permitted in their
departments unless fire personnel are present to provide
fire-fighting cover. It should also be ensured by manager/
supervisor that a radius area of 20 feet from the point of
welding is cleared of all inflammable material such as
petrol/thinner oil, cardboard paper, plastic cloth, and
dry wood. Furniture that cannot be removed should be
covered with asbestos sheets or wet hessian cloth or tin
sheets