I do agree it is a massive CYA for liability but when your plants force a full time dedicate fire watch to your activities its not due to shavings and slurry run off.
You have a plant that produced let’s just say $200,000 a day on the low end. That’s $139 a minute profit loss in downtime plus your loss in wage and your chances of making an osha recordable fire are exponentially higher following the first 5 hours after a hot work job. Again, it’s a precaution that can save a lot of down time.
The main reason is due to electrical hazard. If a fire got into a panel box, or if a panel box created a fire, you can quickly create a chain reaction of electrical failure plant wide resulting in a very expensive and time consuming problem, not to mention the fees and citations from osha as well as the lawsuits from employees. It could literally drive you out of business.
I do agree it is a massive CYA for liability but when your plants force a full time dedicate fire watch to your activities its not due to shavings and slurry run off.
You have a plant that produced let’s just say $200,000 a day on the low end. That’s $139 a minute profit loss in downtime plus your loss in wage and your chances of making an osha recordable fire are exponentially higher following the first 5 hours after a hot work job. Again, it’s a precaution that can save a lot of down time.
The main reason is due to electrical hazard. If a fire got into a panel box, or if a panel box created a fire, you can quickly create a chain reaction of electrical failure plant wide resulting in a very expensive and time consuming problem, not to mention the fees and citations from osha as well as the lawsuits from employees. It could literally drive you out of business.
Well put.