Hazardous area verification dossier audit
Check, update, verify hazardous area verification dossier
What does this form include?
This form contains 33 sections:
Site Name: Address
Today's Date Date
Is there a Hazardous Area Verification Dossier ?
- Is there a Hazardous Area Verification Dossier ?
- Is it available on site?
- Have you read it ?
What year was classification completed last
- What year was classification completed last
Are the standards the Dossier were written to still current?
- Are the standards the Dossier were written to still current?
- Has there been amendments?
- Has the Dossier been changed to reflect changes
Does the dossier include-
Cover sheet?
- Cover sheet?
- Purpose and function
- Classification Principles and Methods
- Dust characteristics of material handled
Does it include all dust types handled on the site?
- Does it include all dust types handled on the site?
Data required
Minimum Dust Layer Ignition Temperature (Degrees Celsius)
- Minimum Dust Layer Ignition Temperature (Degrees Celsius)
- Minimum Dust Cloud Ignition Temperature (Degrees Celsius)
- Temperature Class (T-Rating)
- Minimum Dust Cloud Ignition Energy (mJ)
- Combustibility Rating (BZ)
- Conductive/Non Conductive Dust
- Explosion Rating (St)
- Definitions to results
Does the Dossier contain all required info about Dust Characteristics?
- Does the Dossier contain all required info about Dust Characteristics?
Classification report sheets
- Classification report sheets
Are the results of the report sheets well defined
- Are the results of the report sheets well defined
- Do all areas have classification report sheets?
Report sheet requirements
People who classified
- People who classified
- Site address, Installation Name, Location Description, Date
- Area defined?
- Source of release
- Enclosure or Room confinement
- Dust Layer (Present to time of classification)
- Housekeeping (visible during classification)
- Zone Classification Of Area
- Extent of zone (in comment form)
- Dust Layer Identification
- Additional Comments/Details
Does classification report include all its requirements?
- Does classification report include all its requirements?
- Are there Classification drawings included or linked?
If linked Where?
Have drawings been sited
Drawing must include
Equipment location by number
- Equipment location by number
- Temperature ratings of areas
- Areas identified by zone hatching As per clause ? As/Nzs 60079.14
- Legend
Does drawing include all required info?
- Does drawing include all required info?
- Has all equipment used been identified?
Required equipment info
Manufactures part number?
- Manufactures part number?
Ex certificate number
Are risk assessments done for non compliant equipment?
- Are risk assessments done for non compliant equipment?
- Are risk assessment attached or linked?
- Are certificates included or linked?
Certificates must be IECEx , AUSEx or ANZEx
Certificated number?
- Certificated number?
- Date of expiry ?
- Equipment location?
- Equipment description?
- Are they assigned a dossier equipment number?
Does it include all required info?
- Does it include all required info?
- Does dossier include an intrinsic system?
- Are intrinsic systems recorded?
- Has there been any maintenance
- Have records been included?
Year of last maintenance
Have there been any audits or inspections?
- Have there been any audits or inspections?
- Have records been included?
Year of last inspection
Are circuits identified and mapped
- Are circuits identified and mapped
- Have there been changes to circuits or new circuits run?
Audit has been carried out to the best of my ability to Queensland Electrical Safety Act 2002, AsNzs 3000:2007 for Dust Hazardous areas. This audit is of the dossier only and does look at installation or equipment selection.
- Audit has been carried out to the best of my ability to Queensland Electrical Safety Act 2002, AsNzs 3000:2007 for Dust Hazardous areas. This audit is of the dossier only and does look at installation or equipment selection.
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