Key Safes Overview

Key Safes are used for the safe retention of keys (or other means) used for isolating or "locking off" in accordance with C.E.G.B safety rules.

They form part of a Safe system of work; a brief example of this is as follows:

• Once a maintenance or outage order has been issued, the equipment must then be isolated.
• When the equipment has been isolated, the keys are locked in the nominated key safe by the Senior Authorized Person (SAP). The SAP holds the Control key, which is common for all key safes in that area.
• The first engineer that is required to work on the isolated equipment is then issued with a Permit to Work, and is also issued with secondary Key A from the nominated key safe. The next engineer is issued with Key B, and so on. Upon completion of their work, the engineers return their key to the key safe and have their permit signed off. The key safe cannot be opened until all secondary keys have been returned and all permits signed off.  The SAP can then open the key safe and release the keys so that the isolation lock can be removed and the equipment reinstated.

Based in Altrincham, Keyways have been supplying key safes to the Electricity, PetroChemical, Oil and Gas industries for over 30 years. Originally awarded the national contract to supply to C.E.G.B. power stations across the U.K., we are now supplying to onshore and offshore locations across the world.