Electrical hot working safety program

An internal review of the safety practices for a large Canadian chemical plant indicated that the established procedures for electrical hot work needed to be expanded and formalized. Here, the authors describe how the practices were expanded into a comprehensive electrical hot work program that incl...

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Published in:IEEE industry applications magazine 1996-07, Vol.2 (4), p.66-70
Main Authors: Gallagher, J.M., McClung, B.
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemicals
Electrical safety
Electronic switching systems
Hazards
Manufacturing
Personnel
Safety devices
Standards development
Test equipment
Testing
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Summary:An internal review of the safety practices for a large Canadian chemical plant indicated that the established procedures for electrical hot work needed to be expanded and formalized. Here, the authors describe how the practices were expanded into a comprehensive electrical hot work program that included a philosophy, controls, qualifications, and safe work methods. The program resulted in changes that improved on an adequate chemicals and plastics safety standard and a facility safety standard. Detailed definitions were added to the chemicals and plastics safety standard, and a mandate for an electrical hot work procedure for all electrical hot work activity was added to the facility safety standard.
ISSN:1077-2618
1558-0598
DOI:10.1109/2943.503530