ELECTRICAL SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT

A&A TRAVELLING GOODS BANGLADESH LTD

Plot #44-46, Ishwardi Export Processing Zone, Pakshey, Pabna
GPS Coordinates:24.089594, 89.041368

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 ELECTRICAL SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT
A&A TRAVELLING GOODS BANGLADESH LTD
Address: Plot #44-46, Ishwardi Export Processing Zone, Pakshey, Pabna.

1. INTRODUCTION

The Factory was surveyed for electrical safety by RMG Sustainability Council. The
purpose of the survey was to identify significant electrical safety issues and to provide
recommendations for remediation based on applicable standards specified by the RSC.

Electrical Safety Audit is a methodical approach to evaluate potential electrical hazards

and to recommend suggestions for improvement. The scope of this initial electrical safety
inspection was limited to the review and identification of major electrical safety issues.
The inspection did not include identification of minor deficiencies, which would be further
dealt with as part of follow-up inspections.

2. LIMITATIONS

The information in this electrical safety inspection report was obtained during a visit to
the facility and during discussion with local factory management. Services performed by
the auditors are conducted in a manner consistent with that level of care and skill
generally exercised by members of the engineering and auditing profession. However,
an effort has made to discover all meaningful areas under the stipulated time available.

In evaluating subject site, Inspector relies in good faith on information provided by factory
management or employees. The Inspector assumes that the information provided is
factual, accurate and accepts no responsibility for any deficiency, misstatement or
inaccuracies contained in this report as a result of omission or misrepresentation of any
person interviewed or contacted.

The findings and recommendations in this report are not intended to imply, guarantee,
ensure or warrant compliance with any government regulations. Additionally, the results
do not imply in any way that compliance with the findings or recommendations as stated
in this report will eliminate all risks or exposures not referred to in this report do not exist.
Compliance with the findings and recommendations stated in this report does not relieve
the factory owner from obligation to comply with specific project requirements, industry
standards, or the provisions of any local government regulations.

3. DEFINITION

3.1. TIME FRAME

The amount of time being allocated based on the remediation work volume of the
electrical issues considering the feasibility and ideal status of materials, capital and
working condition. Criticality and priority level of the issue is not taken into consideration.
It is bound only for the particular finding unless mentioned ‘typical’, shall include the
whole typical findings.

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 3.2. PRIORITY LEVEL
3.2.1. Electrical issues related to code violation and/or non-conformity with codes
possessing immediate fire hazard, direct threat to human safety, shall be
considered as P1 Level of priority. The execution of remediation works shall
commence immediately without compromising with any other issues and must
strictly complete within the allocated remediation time frame. It shall include only
the critical issues
3.2.2. Electrical issues related to code violation and/or non-conformity with codes,
protection of electrical switchgears and equipment, spatial arrangement and
location of switchgears and equipment, design and drawings, shall be considered
as P2 Level of priority. The execution of remediation work of P2 shall commence
along with or soon after the P1 level remediation work has commenced. It shall
include only the moderately-critical issues.
3.2.3. Electrical issues related to violation of code and/or non-conformity with codes,
workmanship of operation and maintenance and obsolete technology of electrical
system, shall be considered as P3 Level of priority. The execution of remediation
work of P3 shall commence along with or soon after the P2 level remediation
work has commenced. It shall include only the non-critical issues.
3.2.4. It doesn’t take into consideration the remediation time frame and feasibility of
remediation. It doesn’t take into consideration the capital, materials and working
environment.

4. GENERAL BUILDING INFORMATION

1. Factory Name : A&A Travelling Goods Bangladesh Ltd

2. Factory Address : Plot #44-46, Ishwardi Export Processing Zone,
Pakshey, Pabna.

3. ID : 24146
4. Inspection participates : Kook Jin Cho
Managing Director
Email: jkj5005@anatgc.co.kr
Cell: +821098259417

Md. Abdul Hai Siddiki (Kanak)

AGM
Email: a.kanak@anatgc.co.kr
Cell: +8801863535576

Kazi Touhiduzzaman
Manager (HR & Admin)
Email: hr_a15@anatgc.co.kr
Cell: +8801712801059

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 5. BUILDING DATA

A. General
A&A Travelling Goods Bangladesh Ltd is established in its 1 pre-fabricated production
buildings with 7 ancillary buildings of RCC construction (utility building, Security room,
Substation, Child care, Mosque and wastage store). As reported by the Factory
Management, the buildings were constructed in around August 2012 and completed
January 2013 and the production began in around March 2013. During the time of the
Inspection, the factory accommodated a total of 330 workers working in this factory.

The floor wise utilization of the buildings are as detailed below:

Production Building:

Ground Floor : Sewing, Packing, Cutting, Finishing, Store.

First Floor : Office, Idle Machine Room, Canteen, Sample.

Security Room:

Ground Floor : Security person room

Child Care:

Ground Floor : Child care

Substation Building:

Ground Floor : Transformer

Maintenance Building (1440 sft):

Ground Floor : Maintenance workshop

Wastage Store :

Ground Floor : Idle machine store

Toilet Block:

Ground Floor : Worker Toilet

Mosque:

Ground Floor : Mosque

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 FLOOR LAYOUT INFORMATION
The two storied (G+1) i.e. factory building is 35 feet tall and has a total floor area of
approx. 55,854 sqft. Figure 1 shows the ground floor layout plan of the factory:

Figure 1: Floor layout plan

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM & UTILITY INSTALLATION INFORMATION

A&A Travelling Goods Bangladesh Ltd premise is connected to grid (BEPZA owned)
supply, which is the main source of power supply tapped from 11kV Over Head line and
delivered through High Tension cable. The 11kV supply is stepped down by 500 kVA,
11/0.415kV, 3 phase power transformer installed in substation room outside of the main
building. Electrical system and Utility installation information at a glance:

Query Information Remarks

Grid Electricity Supplier BEPZA owned
Sanctioned Load 400 kW
Number of Transformer 01
Type of Transformer Outdoor type oil cooled
Capacity of each transformer 500kVA
Far apart from main production
Transformer location in the factory
building/shed
Transformer owned by factory Yes, and maintained by factory

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 % Impedance
HT switch gear LBS operated
3.96
Number of Generator N/A
Capacity of each Generator N/A
Generator location in the factory N/A
Number of Compressor 00
Capacity of each Compressor N/A
Number of Boiler 00
Capacity of each Boiler N/A
Total no. of LT panel 1
Total no. of Distribution boards 12
All through Cabling using cable tray,
Power distribution system
ladder, channel and duct
Number of manual changeovers 00
Number of synchronizer 00
Number of Automatic transfer switch 00

Substation room location Apart from main production building

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 B. ELECTRICAL PRACTICES IN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Maintenance and Operations is done by in-house electrical and maintenance team
of the factory. However, the maintenance of major equipment like transformer,
generator and boilers are sometimes outsourced to the service centers.

Inspecting teams were presented with the maintenance programs, logs and
maintenance schedule of the factory’s electrical facilities; Some typical practices are
shown below.

Single Line Diagram Proposed Lightning Protection System

Thermographic Scanning System Typical Distribution Board

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 6. LIGHTNING PROTECTION RISK ASSESSMENT

Calculation of Risk Index Factor (BNBC 2006) for Main Building

Small and medium size factories, workshops and
Index A Use of Structure
laboratories
6
Steel framed encased or reinforced concrete with metal
Index B Type of Construction
roof. 5
Industrial and agricultural buildings with specially
Index C Contents or Consequential Effects
susceptible contents
5

Structure located in an area with a few other structures or

Index D Degree of Isolation
trees of similar height
5

Index E Type of Terrain Flat terrain at any level 2

Index F Height of Structure 09 – 15 m 4
Index G Lightning Prevalence Over 21 21
Total Risk Index of the building 48
Requirement of installing LPS Yes

It is required to calculate risk index for all structures, design LPS as per standard and
install it properly.

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 7. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The table below summarizes the major electrical hazards identified during the walk
through inspection. Recommendations have been provided to each finding.

The implementation schedule shall be developed by the factory to remediate each

of the findings. The specific timing of improvements, including any requested
extensions due to design / installation constraints, shall be submitted to the RSC
for an approval.

FINDING NO: E-1

CATEGORY: DOCUMENTATION
FINDING:

Field information has no/less reflection in

existing SLD

RECOMMENDATION:
Draw as built electrical SLD mentioning all
required information by qualified engineer and
get it reviewed by RSC. Electrical SLD must
be updated properly when electrical system is
modified.

PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

FINDING NO: E-2

LIGHTNING PROTECTION
CATEGORY:
SYSTEM
FINDING:
Lightning Protection System (LPS) is not
installed where the risk index equal or greater
than 40 (According to BNBC).
RECOMMENDATION:
Factory has to design Lightning Protection
System (LPS) for the whole factory (where the
Risk index is equal or greater than 40). Once
a LPS is designed properly, installation must
be done accordingly.
PRIORITY: P1
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

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 FINDING NO: E-3
CATEGORY: DOCUMENTATION
FINDING:

Electric safety training program is not

initiated/conducted.

RECOMMENDATION:
Electrical safety training and awareness
program for the electrical personnel must be
initiated. It is a periodic task which factory has
to continue to improve the overall electrical
safety situation for the staffs.
PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 1 MONTH

FINDING NO: E-4

CATEGORY: DOCUMENTATION
FINDING:
There is no programmed schedule for
periodical inspection & testing of electrical
equipment.

RECOMMENDATION:
An electrical maintenance program shall be
prepared which will include inspections and
testing of the electrical systems (preventive
and proactive)
PRIORITY: P3
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 1 MONTH

FINDING NO: E-5

CATEGORY: DOCUMENTATION
FINDING:

Transformer Oil Test (dielectric strength test)

report is unavailable.

RECOMMENDATION:

Transformer oil test (dielectric strength test for

oil) shall be done once in a year.

PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

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 FINDING NO: E-6
CATEGORY: TRANSFORMER ROOM
FINDING:

Inadequate working space around transformer

for performing maintenance work

RECOMMENDATION:

Minimum working space (1.07m) around the

transformer (and related electrical
installations) must be maintained

PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

FINDING NO: E-7

CATEGORY: EARTHING SYSTEM
FINDING:

Transformer Body earthing (equipment

earthing) cable size is inadequate

RECOMMENDATION:
Equipment earthing cable size must be
increased. The earth cable size shall be
determined according to BNBC or Adiabatic
method (if possible). Number of earth pits
shall be determined by the size of connected
earth cable.
PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

FINDING NO: E-8

CATEGORY: TRANSFORMER ROOM
FINDING:
Maintenance movement is obstacled due to
uneven height of cable ladder in utility area
(transformer room).

RECOMMENDATION:
Workplace around transformer (or other
electrical installation) must be on same height.

PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

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 FINDING NO: E-9
CATEGORY: EARTHING SYSTEM
FINDING:

Earth pits are not identifiable

RECOMMENDATION:

Each earth pit shall be properly identifiable

and marked for periodic maintenance.

PRIORITY: P3
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

FINDING NO: E - 10
CATEGORY: CABLE & CABLE SUPPORTS
FINDING:

Power Cables are hanging without proper

support.

RECOMMENDATION:

Power cables must be supported by cable tray

(ladder- where needed). Outdoor
arrangement must be covered.

PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

FINDING NO: E - 11
CATEGORY: CABLE RACEWAY & TRENCH
FINDING:

Cable channel/ducts are not connected with

earth.

RECOMMENDATION:

Cable channel/ducts shall be connected to

earth (4 mm2 earth cable will do better)

PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

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 FINDING NO: E - 12
CATEGORY: CABLE RACEWAY & TRENCH
FINDING:

Cable channel/duct terminals are left open for

ingression of lint, dust or fluffs.

RECOMMENDATION:

Cable ducts must be properly sealed to avoid

ingression of any foreign particles.

PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

FINDING NO: E - 13
CATEGORY: DISTRIBUTION BOARD/PANEL
FINDING:

MCCBs are not adjusted per load

demand/cable ampacity.

RECOMMENDATION:
All the MCCBs must be adjusted per
connected load current/connected cable; if
adjustment is not possible, replacement will
be the only way.
PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

FINDING NO: E - 14
CATEGORY: DISTRIBUTION BOARD/PANEL
FINDING:
Panel/Distribution boxes are inaccessible or
cannot be opened to perform any
maintenance work.

RECOMMENDATION:

Each electrical distribution board/panel must

be easily accessible. In case of height its top
shall not be higher than 2m from base; and
door opening shall be at least 90 degree.

PRIORITY: P1
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 1 MONTH

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 FINDING NO: E - 15
CATEGORY: DISTRIBUTION BOARD/PANEL
FINDING:

Panel doors are not connected with earth.

RECOMMENDATION:

All metal installation which are part of

electrical system must be connected to earth
to avoid electrical shock or electrocution.

PRIORITY: P1
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 1 MONTH

FINDING NO: E - 16
CATEGORY: DISTRIBUTION BOARD/PANEL
FINDING:
Distribution Board's top/bottom is left open
(typical issue)
RECOMMENDATION:
Each electrical distribution board/panel must
be properly sealed to avoid ingression of fluffs;
but an adequate ventilation system must also
be ensured. Gland shall be used, where
required.
PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

FINDING NO: E - 17
CATEGORY: DISTRIBUTION BOARD/PANEL
FINDING:
Multiple cables (came from different electrical
consumers) terminated at MCB
terminal/Busbar.

RECOMMENDATION:

Each electrical circuit must be terminated at

single MCB/MCCB terminals.

PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

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 FINDING NO: E - 18
CATEGORY: DISTRIBUTION BOARD/PANEL
FINDING:

Loop connection has been used powering

multiple circuits through MCB/MCCBs.

RECOMMENDATION:
No loop connection shall be used; each single
cable shall be terminated using cable lug
(flat/I) at each terminal. Combo bus bar may
be used (but incoming cable size must meet
the rated capacity)
PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

FINDING NO: E - 19
CATEGORY: DISTRIBUTION BOARD/PANEL
FINDING:

Multiple cables connected/terminated at the

bus bar using single cable lug.

RECOMMENDATION:

Each power cable must be terminated at any

point using single cable lug.

PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

FINDING NO: E - 20
CATEGORY: DOCUMENTATION
FINDING:
Instruction for CPR (Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation) or Electrical shock restoration
is not present.

RECOMMENDATION:

CPR instruction shall be hanged near all

electrical installations (LT panel, MDB, FDB,
DB, SDB) at visible location.

PRIORITY: P3
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 1 MONTH

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 FINDING NO: E - 21
CATEGORY: EARTHING SYSTEM
FINDING:

Earth lead cable/Earth Continuity Conductor

size is inadequate/undersize

RECOMMENDATION:
Earth lead cable/ Earth Continuity Conductor
(ECC) shall be determined according to BNBC
or Adiabatic method (considering CB's
response time, fault current & type of earth
conductor other factors).
PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

FINDING NO: E - 22
CATEGORY: WIRING SYSTEM
FINDING:

Lights in the storeroom / storage areas are

uncovered/unprotected.

RECOMMENDATION:

Lights in the storeroom / storage areas shall

be covered by proper type material; or non-
hazardous lights shall be installed in these
areas. And a secure cabling shall be ensured.

PRIORITY: P2
REMEDIATION TIME FRAME: 2 MONTHS

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