“Hot work” probably is a topic you may not have thought much about. But if implemented right, it could reduce your company’s insurance costs, prevent loss of valuable property, inventory or life, and could prevent an otherwise preventable fire from starting.
According to OSHA, hot work is any work that involves burning, welding, using fire- or spark-producing tools or that produces a source of ignition. Workers performing hot work such as welding, cutting, brazing, soldering and grinding are exposed to the risk of fires from ignition of flammable or combustible materials in the space and from leaks of flammable gas into the space from hot-work equipment.