DOE Electrical Safety Handbook 2016 EFCOG Electrical Safety Workshop
Working Group Members Mike Hicks, DOE INL Lloyd Gordon, LANL Tim Snow, NREL Richard Green, LLNL Don Bourcier, LANL Eugene Santiago, BNL Joe Kilar, ANL John Lacenere, PPPL John Echave, LANL Marion Wilde, SNL Mark Mathews, ORNL Jerry Meisinger, HQ-DOE
History of Handbook 1990 - 1993 Development 1993 - draft, Chapters 1 - 8 1994 - 1997, R&D Development January 1998 - release 2003 - attempt to eliminate March 2004 - 1st R&D Electrical Safety Meeting/Workshop April 2004 - Edit to Handbook due December 2004 - Revised handbook, added excavation March 2005 - 2nd R&D Electrical Safety Meeting/Workshop March 2006 - 3rd R&D Electrical Safety Meeting/Workshop July 2007 - 1st Joint DOE Electrical Safety Workshop
History of Handbook October 2008 - revision finalized January 1, 2009 – was submitted to DOE Back to the drawing board 2010 - revised Electrical Safety Handbook, 2 new chapters Added equipment approval and hazard classification 2010 – 2013 editing, code referencing, reorganization, REVCOM 2013 published, two new EFCOG chapter pushed to appendices, controversial
DOE Handbook - 2004 1.0 Introduction 2.0 General Requirements 3.0 Electrical Preventive Maintenance 4.0 Grounding 5.0 Special Occupancies 6.0 Requirements for Specific Equipment 7.0 Work in Excess of 600 V 8.0 Temporary Wiring 9.0 Enclosed Electrical/Electronic Equipment 10.0 Research and Development 11.0 Electrical Safety During Excavations – EFCOG product 12.0 References Appendix A - DOE Model Electrical Safety Program Appendix B - Acronyms and Definitions Appendix C - Work Matrices - Examples Appendix D - Regulation Matrices
DOE Electrical Safety Handbook - 2013 Introduction general General Requirements general Hazard Analysis see Appendix D Electrical Preventive Maintenance code Grounding code Special Occupancies code, explosives Requirements for Specific Equipment code Work in Excess of 600 V code Temporary Wiring code Electrical Safety During Excavation code Enclosed Electrical/Electronic Equipment R&D Unlisted Electrical Equipment Approval see Appendix C Research and Development R&D A – DOE Model Electrical Safety Program B – Acronyms and Definitions code C – Unlisted Electrical Equipment - EFCO R&D D – Hazard Analysis - EFCOG R&D E – Referenced Citations code F – Severity Tool EFCOG
2016 Working Group Goal Reorder Handbook to include all material in main body To eliminate code repetition To brainstorm new sections
Consideration for Elimination The next few slides look at each chapter for Elimination Update Closer consideration
1.0 Introduction 1.1 Purpose 1.2 Scope 1.3 Electrical Safety Program 1.4 Authority Having Jurisdiction
2.0 General Requirements 2.1 Electrical Maintenance or Repairs 2.2 Basic Safeguards 2.3 Responsibilities 2.4 Modifications to Facilities 2.5 Approval of Electrical Equipment 2.6 Codes, Standards, and Regulations 2.7 Training and Qualifications of Qualified Workers 2.8 Working Space Around Electrical Equipment 2.9 Identification of Disconnecting Means 2.10 Work Instructions 2.11 Electrical Personal Protective Equipment 2.12 Work Practices
3.0 Hazard Analysis This Chapter, created by our EFCOG group was pushed to an Appendix
4.0 Electrical Preventative Maintenance 4.1 Development and Implementation Requirements 4.2 Electrical Preventive Maintenance Program 4.3 Maintenance 4.4 Inspection 4.5 Essential Elements 4.6 Planning and Developing an EPM Program, and Fundamentals of EPM 4.7 Ground-Fault Protection and Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters 4.8 Overcurrent Protective Devices
5.0 Grounding 5.1 Specifications and Drawings 5.2 Circuit and System Grounding 5.3 Equipment Grounding 5.4 Bonding 5.5 Grounded or Ungrounded Systems 5.6 Grounding Requirements 5.7 Grounding Electrode Conductor 5.8 Main Bonding Jumper 5.9 System with Grounded Conductor 5.10 Equipment Grounding Conductor 5.11 Ungrounded Systems 5.12 Grounding a Separately Derived System 5.13 Grounding Electrode System 5.14 Personnel Protective Grounds
6.0 Special Occupancies 6.1 Explosives 6.2 Prevention of External Ignition and Explosion 6.3 Hazardous Locations 6.4 Electrical Equipment for Class I, II, and III Areas 6.5 Descriptions, Features, and Test Criteria of Enclosures for Hazardous (Classified) Locations 6.6 Underground Facilities
7.0 Requirements for Specific Equipment 7.1 Conveying Systems 7.2 Cranes and Hoists 7.3 Elevators and Escalators 7.4 Portable and Vehicle-Mounted Generators 7.5 Batteries
8.0 Work in Excess of 600 Volts 8.1 Responsibilities for Safety 8.2 Training 8.3 Job Briefings 8.4 Personal Protective Equipment and Protective Clothing 8.5 Protective Grounding of Lines and Equipment 8.6 Installing or Removing Conductors 8.7 Special Tools 8.8 Tree Trimming 8.9 Underground 8.10 Ferro-Resonance
9.0 Temporary Wiring 9.1 Requirements and Installation Conditions of use 9.2 Using Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program 9.3 Portable Electrical Tools and Equipment
Chapter 10 Electrical Safety During Excavation 10.1 General 10.2 Utilities Identification 10.3 Utilities Verification and Marking 10.4 Utilities Disposition 10.5 Work Control During Excavations 10.6 The Excavation Process 10.7 As-Built Drawings
Chapter 11 - Enclosed Electrical/Electronic Equipment 11.1 Grounding and Bonding 11.2 Rack Power Distribution 11.3 Chassis Power Distribution 11.4 Protective Devices for Enclosed Elect. Equipment 11.5 Disconnecting Means 11.6 Marking and Labeling Requirements 11.7 Working Clearances 11.8 Cable/Utility Management System 11.9 Electrical Safety Requirements for Tester Facilities 11.10 Enclosed Power Electronics 11.11 Non-ionizing Radiation 11.12 Ampacity Information for Wire Sizing
Chapter 12 – Approval of Unlisted Electrical Equipment This Chapter, created by our EFCOG group was pushed to an Appendix
Chapter 13 Research and Development 13.1 Operation and Maintenance 13.2 Employee Qualifications 13.3 Generic R&D Equipment 13.4 Methods 13.5 Requirements for Specific R&D Equipment
Chapter 14 References ANSI ASME ASTM Crane DOE CFR IEEE ISA NEMA NFPA UL Other
Ideas for New Material Lithium Ion batteries Solar Power systems Emergency Response for electrical systems LOTO Lessons Learned Mixed hazard PPE Risk Assessment Tools, mobile app, etc.. Superconducting magnets Best practices (subsurface detection, LOTO) Lightning protection EFCOG working group products
Ideas for User tools Flow chart linked to sections Mobile App for hazard classification and controls Mobile App for DOE handbook
Options for DOE Electrical Safety Handbook Updates to existing handbook, DOE Updates and add new material, DOE Completely restructure handbook, DOE Eliminate redundant code info, reorder Break into two handbooks Existing application of codes to labs, DOE Research laboratories, Science and NNSA, EFCOG Pull handbook out of DOE, make it EFCOG handbook
DOE Electrical Safety Handbook - proposed Introduction general General Requirements general Hazard Analysis R&D, both Risk Assessment both Electrical Preventive Maintenance code Grounding code Special Occupancies code, explosives Requirements for Specific Equipment code Work in Excess of 600 V code Temporary Wiring code Electrical Safety During Excavation code Enclosed Electrical/Electronic Equipment R&D Unlisted Electrical Equipment Approval R&D Research and Development R&D Electrical Severity Measurement Tool A – DOE Model Electrical Safety Program B – Acronyms and Definitions code C – Unlisted Electrical Equipment - EFCO R&D D – Hazard Analysis - EFCOG R&D E – Referenced Citations code F – Severity Tool EFCOG
DOE Electrical Safety Handbook – 2 Handbooks Introduction general General Requirements general Electrical Preventive Maintenance code Grounding code Special Occupancies code, explosives Requirements for Specific Equipment code Work in Excess of 600 V code Temporary Wiring code Electrical Safety During Excavation code A – DOE Model Electrical Safety Program B – Acronyms and Definitions code E – Referenced Citations code Introduction general General Requirements general Hazard Analysis R&D, both Risk Assessment both Enclosed Electrical/Electronic Equipment R&D Unlisted Electrical Equipment Approval R&D Research and Development R&D Electrical Severity Measurement Tool A – Acronyms and Definitions code
EFCOG Electrical Safety Handbook Introduction General Requirements Hazard Analysis Risk Assessment Enclosed Electrical/Electronic Equipment Unlisted Electrical Equipment Approval Research and Development Electrical Severity Measurement Tool A – Acronyms and Definitions