Electrical Safety Program
This annex is not a part of the requirements of this NFPA
document but is included for informational purposes only.
See 110.7, Electrical Safety Program.
E.1 Typical Electrical Safety Program Principles. Electrical safety program principles include, but are not
limited to, the following:
(1) Inspect/evaluate the electrical equipment:
As per CEA (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations 2010,(Reg. 30) & as per the
‘Rules 4 and 6 of the Assam Lifts and Escalators Rules, 2010’ periodic inspection/ evaluation of all the
electrical installations, including the lifts and intimation of addition of new installations are carried out, with
compliance of the observations of the Inspector and renewal of the license before due date. Load test??
(2) Maintain the electrical equipment’s insulation and enclosure integrity:
With the help of total 11nos. of checklist & 6 nos. SOPs, proper ‘Insulation Resistance(IR)’ value & enclosure
integrity of the electrical equipment are being maintained and ensured as prescribed in the ‘Departmental
System Manual, BCPL:LEPETKATA:DSM:ELECT:13 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTS MAINTENANCE
FREQUENCY’.
(3) Plan every job and document first-time procedures:
PM and PdM(based on the recommendations) of all the electrical equipment are carried out as per the yearly
PM schedule, which is circulated among the concerned departments at the beginning of the year There are
total 36 nos. of SOPs and total 28nos. of checklists, prepared in line with ‘Aspect-Impact & Hazard
Identification & Risk Analysis(HIRA)’, covering all the electrical O&M activities. However, new SOPs are
developed and adopted, based on the requirements & the existing SOPs are reviewed annually.
(4) De-energize, if possible (see 120.1): All the electrical maintenance jobs are carried out in de-energised
condition.
(5) Anticipate unexpected events
(6) Identify and minimize the hazard: As a compulsory exercise & in line with IMS certification, “Hazard
Identification & Risk Analysis(HIRA)”, has been carried out for all the electrical O&M activities.
(7) Protect the employee from shock, burn, blast, and other hazards due to the working environment:
To protect the employees from un-wanted electrical shock, ‘Non-contact type voltage detectors’ measuring
voltage from 240V to 33KV are also being procured available. Moreover to protect the employees from arc-
flash, electric burn, blast and other hazards, ‘Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations as recommended by NFPA has
been carried out using the IEEE standard 1584’, accordingly ‘Arc Suits’ of 12Cal/ cm2, 40 Cal/ cm2 have
been provided for safe work execution.
(8) Use the right tools for the job: To enhance the awareness & to maintain the safe working practices, regular
SOP trainings are conducted, which is an important part of MIS.
(9) Assess people’s abilities
(10) Audit these principles: For maintaining the integrity of all these principles, yearly SOP review is being
conducted, along with regular “Intra-Department Audit”.
E.2 Typical Electrical Safety Program Controls. Electrical safety program controls can include, but are not
limited to, the following:
(1) Every electrical conductor or circuit part is considered energized until proven otherwise.
(2) No bare-hand contact is to be made with exposed energized electrical conductors or circuit parts above 50
volts to ground, unless the “bare-hand method” is properly used.
(3) De-energizing an electrical conductor or circuit part and making it safe to work on is in itself a potentially
hazardous task.
(4) Employer develops programs, including training, and employees apply them.
(5) Use procedures as “tools” to identify the hazards and develop plans to eliminate/control the hazards.
(6) Train employees to qualify them for working in an environment influenced by the presence of electrical
energy.
(7) Identify/categorize tasks to be performed on or near exposed energized electrical conductors and circuit
parts.
(8) Use a logical approach to determine potential hazard of task.
(9) Identify and use precautions appropriate to the working environment.
E.3 Typical Electrical Safety Program Procedures. Electrical safety program procedures can include, but
are not limited to, the following:
(1) Purpose of task
(2) Qualifications and number of employees to be involved
(3) Hazardous nature and extent of task
(4) Limits of approach
(5) Safe work practices to be utilized
(6) Personal protective equipment involved
(7) Insulating materials and tools involved
(8) Special precautionary techniques
(9) Electrical diagrams
(10) Equipment details
(11) Sketches/pictures of unique features
(12) Reference data
