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OPERATIONAL CONTROL PROCEDURE

OCP NO: 11
HT PANEL CIRCUIT BREAKER OPERATING PROCEDURE
1.0 Purpose
This procedure is prepared to carry out the commissioning activities for HT panel
2.0 Scope
This procedure covers the commissioning activities for HT Circuit Breaker
3.0 Responsibility

Unit Head / Regional managers:

Unit heads / Regional managers have overall responsibility for health and safety management
and role includes:
 Planning and scheduling of activities with a view to execute the project
 Identify significant health and safety and eliminate or minimize them
 Maintaining all legal and statutory requirement
 Assist the safety team to conduct the safety training and audit at sites
 Ensure all safety rules and regulations are followed at work sites

Site Engineers:
Site engineers are responsible for all aspects of health and safety on site and are accountable
to the Unit head / Regional manager. Their roles include:
 Report any issue affecting health and safety issues at the work sites to the regional manager / unit
head / safety team
 Coordinate with end customer / client for the taking work permit and returning work permit
 Communicating the work content / hazard involved to working group through the medium of
Toolbox meeting before commencement of work every day
 Initiating proactive measures to minimize / eliminate accidents
 Reporting in detail in the event of incident
 Ensure effective use of appropriate PPE
 Ensure the quality of job at all times without any compromise on safety
 “Stop Work” in the event of any serious safety violation

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Safety Manger / Regional Safety Engineers:

Safety manger / Regional safety engineers are responsible for providing health and safety
advice and guidance to their Unit head/ Regional manager, site engineers and their roles include:
 Ensuring implementation of all instruction and procedures based on the occupational health and
safety
 Communicating all safety rules, regulations and practices to all site engineers / regional manager/
unit head
 Follow up for the closure of audit non conformances and help regional mangers / unit head to take
corrective action and preventive action
 Report and investigate all the incidents / Near misses to the top management
 Create awareness amongst site engineers / regional managers and also organize the regular training
program.
 Ensure that Tool box talk meetings are in being conducted daily at site and the workers are aware of
all the hazards at the work site
 Ensure adequate PPE’s and safety equipment as are required are available at sites and are being
used at site appropriately
 Reporting of any issues affecting the health and safety at the work site to the unit head / Regional
managers
 Ensure basic first aid facilities are available at sites
 Ensure that no unsafe act is performed at any site
 Ensuring that any unsafe condition observed at site is eradicated at the earliest
 Issuing of safety challans in the event of any safety violations.

4.0Working Activity and descriptions

4.1Pre-Testing Checks
 Ensure proper earthing and rubber mats available at the work location.
 Calibrated Testing equipment should be used and calibration reports available with engineers for
the same
 Check out the insulates hand tools available with the technician
 Ensure the Healthiness of the test leads (Check for any insulation Damages)
 Ensure appropriate PPE’s available at sites

4.2 Resources – Tools and Equipment Required

a) Operating Handle
b) Insulate Hand tools

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4.3 Operational Sequence of work

BREAKER TRUCK WITHDRAWAL FROM SERVICE TO TEST POSITION

 Trip Breaker
 Lift Interlock to free truck lock
 Insert Operating handle
 Rotate operating handle clockwise till truck position indicator indicates test
 Remove operating handle
 Breaker can now be operating with Door closed/open

BREAKER TRUCK WITHDRAWAL OUT OF CUBICLE FROM TEST POSITION

 Trip Breaker
 Open Breaker chamber door if closed
 Disengage secondary and socket
 Decouple the both the coupling pins of lead screw from truck
 Slide vermin proofing cover
 Pull the truck
 Lift the truck - lock and withdraw the truck out of the cubicle

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INSERTION OF BREAKER TRUCK IN THE CUBICLE AND RACKING INTO SERVICE POSITON

 Trip Breaker
 Slide vermin proofing covers if wheel path locked
 Unlocked shutters if locked
 Push Truck to test position till it stops
 Engage both the coupling pin of lead screw racking mechanism with truck
 Engage secondary plug and socket
 Slide back vermin proofing covers
 Close breaker chamber door
 Lift interlock and insert operating handle
 Rotate operating handle anticlockwise till truck position indicator indicates service
 Remove operating handle
 Breaker can now be operated

4.4 Control Measures

 OCP for HT Panel operation is available with testing engineers
 Ensure PTW system in place for the particular Panel
 Ensure all supply to the equipment is dead
 Unauthorized persons should not be allowed to enter working area
 Barricade the working area with warning tape
 Proper supervision, conduct job specific toolbox meeting and barricading the entire area
 Calibrated equipment shall be used
 Insulated hand tools shall be used
 Avoid Lone working and displayed the warning signboards
 Use appropriate insulated hand gloves and Arc flash suit with face shield

5.0 Final Checks & Restoration of work area after completion of work:
 Disconnect the temporary supply and remove the barricading tapes
 Ensure no loose materials / tools are kept in and around the area
 Leave the place by keeping it tidy and clean

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6.0 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):

Personal
Protective
Equipment

YES /
Yes Yes Yes Yes
NO

Personal
Protective
Equipment

YES /
Yes Yes Yes No
NO

7.0 Communication and signing off register:

Communicate to all employees in Tool box talk and ensure it is signed by all personnel

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