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FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin TT Club has highlighted the ongoing risks associated with hot work, such as welding and grinding, which continue to cause serious fires at ports, terminals and warehouses. Hot work refers to any activity that generates flames, heat or sparks, including welding, cutting, grinding and soldering. These operations pose a significant fire or explosion risk, particularly in confined spaces or near flammable cargo, equipment or infrastructure. When hot work is not properly controlled, the resulting fires can have tragic consequences, endangering lives, disrupting operations and causing environmental damage. RelatedNews Pilbara Ports: Best practices for gangway related activities Liberia issues advisory highlighting hazards of fumigation using phosphide var jnews_module_21364548_0_6a047c2a4b42c = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21364548","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1168,1542,201,2857","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_po
TT Club: Mitigating hot work fire risks
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