Facilities Management’s

Environmental & Safety Division

Presents…

Electrical Safety
Over view of Tr a ining

✓General Safety: Why Worry about

Electricity?
✓Main Causes of Electrical
Accidents
✓Electrical Emergencies: What to
Do
General Electrical Safety
Electricity has long been
recognized as a serious
workplace hazard, exposing
employees to such dangers
as electrical shock,
electrocution, fires, and
explosions.
What are the leading causes
of electrical accidents?

➢ Unsafe Acts
➢ Unsafe Equipment
➢ Hazardous Environments
 Why Worry About Electricity??
*Electrical hazardous : Investigations of fire accidents
in various types of occupancies over a number of years
show that nearly 40% of the fires are initiated by
electrical causes such as short circuit, overloading,
loose electrical connections.
*Reference: Cholamandalam AXA risk service,chennai-1
 Unsafe Acts
❑ Failure to de-energize, lockout and tagout
hazards during maintenance, repair or
inspections

❑ Use of defective and unsafe tools

❑ Removing the third prong (ground pin) to

make a 3-prong plug fit a 2-prong outlet

❑ Overloading outlets with too many

appliances
 Unsafe Acts
Continued...

❑ Using the attached electrical cord to raise

or lower equipment
❑ Not verifying power is off when making
repairs (ex: drilling into a 110-Volt a.c. line
can kill)
❑ Working in an elevated position near
overhead lines
 Unsafe Acts
Continued...

❑ Failure to read and follow all safety signs,

symbols and barriers

❑ Failure to use good housekeeping with

respect to tools and work areas
 Poor house keeping –from AHU room-2

Naked ends

Naked wires
lying on the
ground
 Poor House Keeping –Findings

This photo got

from Generator
room
 Poor House Keeping –Findings

This
photogallary
from Battery
room
Unsafe Equipment

➢ Un-inspected electrical tools

➢ Un-inspected portable extension cords
➢ Improper grounding (removal of third
prong)
➢ Defective parts
Unsafe Equipment
Continued...

➢ Overloaded outlets
➢ Faulty electric cording
Caution:
✓ Be extremely careful around unfamiliar
equipment and areas.
✓ Inspect all equipment, cords, switches, and
components prior to each use.
 Un safe practice- Assembly area

More outlets from

one cording
This
picture
shows cord
board lying
on ground
surface.
Equipment information

▪ All pull boxes, junction boxes, and

fittings must be provided with covers.
▪ In completed installations, each outlet
box must have a cover, faceplate, or
fixture canopy.
Unsafe Envir onments
➢ Flammable fumes, combustible dust ,
or excess oxygen can be ignited by a
spark. (Use ventilation to minimize hazard.)
➢ Poor housekeeping: blocked electrical
boxes, flammable materials stored in
equipment rooms, lack of proper
hazard signs, excess clutter
All storage must Improper Storage in
front of Electrical Panel
be at least 3 ft
from electrical
panels. In some
emergency
situations it will
be necessary to
access these
panels quickly.

The unsafe example

Unsafe Envir onments
Continued...

➢ Wet working conditions: Never work with

electricity if you or the work area have been
exposed to wet weather.
➢ Check your surroundings:
– Make sure energized electrical parts cannot come
in contact with you or anything that may come in
contact with you.
– Make sure there are no trip hazards.
Electrical shock /Flash/Injury Hazards
•RCCBs-selection, installation and maintenance
•Bypasses fuses,MCB etc.
•Use of re-wirable fuses
•Earthling defects
•Accessible live parts
• Electrical rubber mat
•Defective electrical portable tools
•Tripping hazards due to loose cabling
Electrical shock /Flash/Injury Hazards continue……..
•Is the interlocking system in place?
•Are the necessary PPE used?
•Stand by power supply (diesel generators)
•Adequacy of illumination in electrical rooms/around
panel
•Wrong identification of equipment/feeders
Electrical fire Hazards
•Storage of combustible material near electrical
equipment
•RCCBs
•Proper cable joint procedures as per manufactures
•Earthling defects
•Use of non standard fuse uses
•Bypassing of protection devices
•Deteriorated insulation
Electrical fire Hazards continue……..
Selection,deployemnt of PPEs
Sealing of cable passes, opening, baffle walls
Tracking possibility
Unusual openings in live panels, etc.
Possibility of ground fault/short circuit
Mechanical protection to cables
Improper gland installation, wrong lug size
Over rated fuses ,wrongly set protection relays,etc.
 Unsafe practice –from molding factory crane
Unsafe place
This photo purpose is
the crane chain
touching (conductive
nature) with Voltage
panel
ELECTRICAL SAFETY DEVICES
• Insulation
• Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCIs)
• Double-Insulated Devices
• Grounding (Circuit And Equipment)
• Guarding
• Fuses And Circuit Breakers
• Personal Protective Equipment
Electrical Maintenance Aspects
•Only document available to comply with ISO requi.
•No periodic test on earthling system, transforms oil,
Insulation resistance test, etc.
• No periodic calibration of protection relays/test
&measuring instruments
•Bypassing of RCCBs
• Ordinary copper wires used instead of HRC.
• Openings in feeders /distribution boards
•Lack of identification marks on DBs.
 Points to be checked at Generators
•Antivibration pads provided
•Radiation of engine facing to opening
•Interlock provided to prevent parallel operation
with [Link].
•House keeping
•Cable termination O.K?
•Danger board provided
•Clarence of 1.83 m between generators
 Points to be checked at battery system
•General cleanliness of the room
•Formation of acid vapors in the room
•Spillage of electrolyte
•Level of electrolyte
•Specific gravity of cell
•Condition of plate
•Tightness of bolt connections
•Capacity test
•Corrosion effect on terminals
•Function of ventilation system
 Report Safety
Problems Immediately
to your Plant
Engineering
Department
Electrical Emergencie
How to Respond

Protect Yourself:
❖ NEVER use your bare hands to free
a victim frozen by electric shock!
❖ Do not touch the person- they may be
energized.
❖ Do not use a conductive tool to free
the person.
 How to Respond, Cont’d…

Call Responsible Team if the

person:
❖ Is obviously injured
❖ Has an altered mental status
❖ Has other obvious injuries
❖ Or at your discretion or that of the
shock victim or supervisor
What to Do Until Help Arrives...
➢ Check for:
❑ Pulse - If a person’s heart has stopped, start CPR if
you are trained.
❑ Breathing - If the person isn’t breathing, begin
mouth to mouth resuscitation if you are trained.

➢ Treat for Shock:

❑ Keep person lying down.
❑ If unconscious, turn on side so fluids can drain.
❑ Do not move the person if neck and spine injuries
are possible.
What to Do Until Help Arrives
Continued…

➢ Stay with the patient until help

arrives.
➢ Inform medical personnel of
patient conditions.
Thank you all for your kind attention
 • ENERGY CONSERVATION
SWITCH “OFF” ALL THE LIGHTS & A/CS
WHILE YOU LEAVE YOUR WORK PLACE

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ENERGY CONSERVATION