Accident Prevention, Accident

Investigation, Rescue, and First

Aid
• No matter how carefully a system is engineered, no matter how
carefully employees perform their tasks, and no matter how well
trained employees are in the recognition and avoidance of hazards,
accidents still happen.

• Four basic steps—employee responsibility, safe installations, safe

work practices, and employee training—combine to create the type
of safe work environment that should be the goal of every facility.

• Recommended Safety Tip: If it cannot be done safely, it need not be

done.
 Individual Responsibility
• The person should be well aware about the safety steps. No set of
regulations, rules, or procedures can ever replace common sense in
the workplace.

Employee Safety Behavior

 Installation Safety
• Design: Proper design of electrical systems is composed of three
parts i.e. selection, installation, and calibration.
• Selection Criteria:
– The equipment should have been originally manufactured by a
reputable, professional firm.
– The recycled equipment should be thoroughly reconditioned by a
professional recycling company.
– Engineering studies such as short-circuit analysis and coordination
studies must be performed.
• Installation:
– Appropriate professional expert should be allowed to install.
– Adequate work spaces for safety clearance should be allowed.
– Electrical installations should never be mixed with areas that are used
for general public access.
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• Calibration:
– Equipment that is improperly calibrated can result in accidents.
– Proper engineering should be performed by professional engineers to
ensure that the selected calibration settings are suitable for the
application.
– Proper testing and physical setting of the devices should be carried out
to ensure that the equipment is capable of performing when called
upon.
 Power System Studies
• During the initial planning & design of the system to ensure that all
selected equipment will perform properly during the day-to-day
operation.
• Any time a significant change/contingencies occurs in the system.
• During system up-gradation.
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• Load Flow Analysis

• Stability Analysis.
• Motor Starting Analysis.
• Harmonic Analysis.
• Switching Transients Analysis.
• Reliability Analysis.
• Cable Current Carrying Capacity Analysis.
• Ground Mat Analysis.
• Short-Circuit Analysis and Protective Device Coordination.
• Arc-Flash Study.
 Reference
• Electrical Safety Handbook (4th Edition) by John Cadick, Mary
Capelli-Schellpfeffer, Dennis K. Neitzel, Al Winfield
• Other online resources.