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SAF 26

The document outlines safety protocols for contractors and facility owners in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding environmental, health, and safety management. It emphasizes the importance of pre-startup safety reviews, mechanical integrity programs, work permit processes, and management of change procedures to ensure safety in industrial operations. These measures aim to prevent hazards and ensure compliance with safety standards during construction and maintenance activities.

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SAF 26

The document outlines safety protocols for contractors and facility owners in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding environmental, health, and safety management. It emphasizes the importance of pre-startup safety reviews, mechanical integrity programs, work permit processes, and management of change procedures to ensure safety in industrial operations. These measures aim to prevent hazards and ensure compliance with safety standards during construction and maintenance activities.

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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ministry of Interior
SAF-2 High Commission for Industrial Security

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8 of 9 SAF-2
Environmental, Health & Safety
(EHS) Management

e) In addition, the contractor shall advise the facility owner of any special
job related hazards, such as radiation hazards from the x-ray of pipe
welds, presented by the contractor’s work.
4.3.8 Pre-startup Safety Review
The owner shall perform a pre-startup safety review for new facilities or for
modified facilities when an upgrade or modification is significant. The safe-
ty review shall confirm, prior to introduction of hazardous chemicals or
hydrocarbons to the process, the following:
a) Construction and equipment is in accordance with design specifications.
b) Adequate safety operating, maintenance and emergency procedures are
in place.
c) For new facilities, a process hazard analysis has been performed and
recommendations have been resolved or implemented before startup.
d) That the modified facilities meet the requirements of Management of
Change (see 4.3.11).
e) Training of the employees who are operating the process is adequate and
has been completed.
4.3.9 Mechanical Integrity
Elements of a mechanical integrity program include the training of mainte-
nance and inspection personnel, frequent equipment inspections and tests, a
record keeping system where documentation of inspection and test results is
kept, establishment of criteria for acceptable test results, identification and
categorization of equipment and instrumentation scheduled for repair based
on this information, and a program of preventive maintenance where
“breakdown” maintenance is undesirable or unsafe.
4.3.10 Work Permit Processes
The owner should have a work authorization system or permit system in
place for monitoring potentially hazardous tasks such as non-routine repair
activities, repairs involving welding, cutting, and other hot work, or main-
tenance requiring confined space entry. Certain work activities shall be con-
trolled by a work permit process that meets HCIS Directive SAF-13, Work
Permits, in order to prevent injury, loss of life, or loss of property from fire
or explosion as a result of the work.
4.3.11 Management of Change
For existing processes and equipment, the owner should assure that any
changes to equipment or process (other than “replacement in kind”) follows
a management of change procedure. Related drawings, operating proce-
dures, and maintenance instructions should to be updated whenever a
change is made to equipment or process. owners should also establish a
means to detect and control temporary changes in order to apply appropri-
ate safety controls where needed to avoid incidents.

26 Safety and Fire Protection Directives for Industrial Facilities

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