Experience in Using a PFW System – A Case Study

Derrick Black, Elizabeth Hull, Ken Jackson

IBM Ltd., England, UK.
School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster, N Ireland, UK.

DOI: 10.4236/jsea.2010.35058                

Abstract

A safety document management system, in a domain such as the power industry, is known as a Permit for Work (PFW) solution. It is based on the issues prevalent in an environment and on the methods available to eliminate potential safety issues. This paper considers how a PFW system should be implemented. It does so by identifying an appropriate case study from a domain not usually associated with PFW systems, and applying a suitable process, +PFW.

Keywords

Safety, Permit for Work, Systems Engineering, Health and Safety, Process, Modeling, Framework

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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