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SE PRO
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ELECTR
E RICAL SAFETY
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Issue 1,
1 Rev. 01, 29 Februar
F ry 2012

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Tab
ble of Conte
ents
1.  PURPPOSE AND SCOPE ......................................................................................................................................... 4
2.  TERMMS AND DEF FINITIONS ................................................................................................................................. 4
2.1  ACCCOMPANYING G PERSON ....................................................................................................................................... 4
2.2  APPPROVED ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
2.3  CHHARGED ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
2.4  CIRRCUIT ................................................................................................................................................................. 4
2.5  CIRRCUIT CONDUC CTOR ............................................................................................................................................ 4
2.6  CIRRCUIT CONDUC CTOR ............................................................................................................................................ 4
2.7  COMPETENT PER RSON .............................................................................................................................................. 4
2.8  CONDUCTOR .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.9  DAANGER ................................................................................................................................................................. 5
2.10  DAANGER TAGS ....................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.11  DEA AD ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.12  AUUTHORISED PER RSON (AP) .................................................................................................................................... 5
2.13  EAR RTHED ............................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.14  ELEECTRICAL EQU UIPMENT ....................................................................................................................................... 5
2.15  ELEECTRICAL LIV VE TESTING PERMIT E ...................................................................................................................... 5
2.16  ELEECTRICAL PER RMIT TO WORK K ............................................................................................................................. 5
2.17  ELEECTRICAL SAN NCTION FOR TEST E ......................................................................................................................... 5
2.18  HIGGH VOLTAGE SWITCH ROOM M............................................................................................................................. 5
2.19  HIGGH VOLTAGE SUB-STATION N .............................................................................................................................. 6
2.20  INJJURY ................................................................................................................................................................... 6
2.21  ISO
OLATION ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2.22  ISO
OLATED ............................................................................................................................................................... 6
2.23  LIM
MITATION OF ACCESS ......................................................................................................................................... 6
2.24  LIV
VE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 6
2.25  LIV
VE WORKING ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
2.26  LIV
VE TESTING ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.27  MUULTI-LOCK HASPS A .............................................................................................................................................. 6
2.28  OPEERATIONAL LOCKS O ............................................................................................................................................ 6
2.29  POR RTABLE EQUIP PMENT .......................................................................................................................................... 6
2.30  PREESCRIBED AREEA ................................................................................................................................................. 6
2.31  SAFFETY LOCKS....................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.32  SWWITCHBOARD ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.33  SYSSTEM .................................................................................................................................................................. 7
2.34  TRA ANSPORTABLE E EQUIPMENT ......................
. ......................................................................................................... 7
2.35  VOOLTAGE ............................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.36  WO ORK .................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.  REFEERENCES ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
4.  PROCCEDURE ........................................................................................................................................................... 7
4.1  GEN NERAL ............................................................................................................................................................... 7
4.2  ACCCESS TO ELEC CTRICAL EQUIP PMENT .................................................................................................................... 8
4.3  PREECAUTIONS FO OR ELECTRICA AL SAFETY............................................................................................................... 8
4.4  WO ORKING ON ELECTRICAL
L SYSTEMS .................................................................................................................... 8
5.  RECOORDS ................................................................................................................................................................ 9
6.  ASSOOCIATED FO ORMS ........................................................................................................................................... 9
7.  APPEENDICES .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
A
Appendix 1: Examples
E of Lo ock-Out and T Tag-Out, Dang ger and Cautiion Tags ............................................. 10
A
Appendix 2: Permits
P to Worrk .................. ...................................................................................................... 11

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1. PURP POSE AND SCOPE

To establlish the min nimum requirements fo or the manaagement and supervisiion of opera
ations and
activities to protect workers
w usin
ng electrica l equipmentt.
This proccedure app plies to all ACE perso onnel and, where applicable, thhe manageement and
supervisio
on of operational actiivity unlesss the Safetty, Health and
a Enviroonmental Department
permit any variationss.

2. TERM
MS AND DE
EFINITIONS
S
2.1 Acco
ompanying g person
Someonee who is trrained to re
ecognise d anger and to render assistancee in the ev
vent of an
emergenccy.

2.2 Apprroved
Complying with relevvant statutory regulatio
ons, codes of
o practice and
a equivaleent standarrds.

2.3 Charrged
Having aacquired a charge, either by co onnection to
o a source e of electriccity, or by inductive
charging, or static, or retaining a charge du
ue to capacitive effects
s.

2.4 Circuuit
An assemmbly of elecctrical equip
pment supp he same orrigin and prrotected by the same
plied from th
over curre
ent device(ss).

2.5 Circu uit Conduc ctor

Any cond ductor in a system
s whicch is intendeed to carry electrical cu
urrent in noormal condittions, or to
be energised in norm mal conditio
ons, and inncluding a combined
c neutral
n and earth condductor, but
ding a conductor provid
not includ ded solely tto perform a protectivee function byy connectio
on to earth
or other re
eference pooint.

2.6 Circu
uit Conduc ctor
An approoved means of earthing applied to ensure e the safety y of personnnel workin
ng on the
equipmennt (applied before
b an Electrical
E Pe
ermit to Worrk is issued)).

2.7 Commpetent Perrson

A person who has such
s technic on, training and experience as too enable him
cal educatio m to avoid
danger.
When asssessing com
mpetence fu
ull account m
must be giv
ven to the fo
ollowing critteria:
 Kn nowledge of o electricity (qualificatio
ons).
 Exxperience in n electrical work.
w
 Un nderstandin ng of the electrical
e ssystem to be b worked upon, couupled with adequate
prractical know wledge andd experience e of that sys
stem.
 Un nderstandin ng of the haazards whicch may aris se through working
w or testing with
h exposed
livve conducto ors, and the appropriate e safety preecautions re
equired to bbe taken.
 Ab bility to reco
ognize durin ng the courrse of work any situatio on arising thhrough whic
ch it is not
sa afe to continnue to work.

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(The deggree of su upervision required

r w
will relate to the com
mpetency oof the persson being
supervise
ed, in relatio
on to the wo
ork being un
ndertaken and
a the system being w
worked on.)

2.8 Cond ductor

A conducctor of electrrical energy
y arranged tto be conne
ected to a sy
ystem.

2.9 Dang ger

A risk to h
health or of bodily injurry.

2.10 Dannger Tags

An approoved form of
o temporarry notice atttached to electrical equipment
e w
when Dead d, warning
against m
making suchh equipmen nt Live and that work is
i being carried out onn that equip pment. An
approved form of temmporary nootice prominnently displa
ayed on or adjacent too electrical equipment
e
warning that the app
paratus is Live and sho
ould not be interfered with.
w

2.11 Deaad
At or about zero pote
ential, with respect
r to t he general mass of ea
arth.

2.12 Autthorised Pe erson (AP)

A competent person n with resp
ponsibility fo
or electrical safety and the issuinng and can
ncelling of
Electrical Permits to Work and Electrical
E Li ve Testing Permits.

2.13 Eartthed
Connecte ed to the ge ss of earth in such a way as to ensure imm
eneral mas mediate dis
scharge of
electrical energy with
hout dangerr.

2.14 Elec ctrical Equuipment

Any item that is use ed, intended d to be useed or installed for use, to generaate, provide, transmit,
rectify, co
onvert, cond ute, control , store, mea
duct, distribu e electrical energy.
asure or use

2.15 Elec ctrical Livee Testing Permit

P
A standarrd form of declaration
d issued by aan Authorise ed Person and given tto a person in charge
e testing for the purpos
of the live se of specifyying the worrk to be und
dertaken.

2.16 Elecctrical Permmit to Work k

A standarrd form of declaration
d issued by a ed Person and given tto a person in charge
an Authorise
of the woork for the purpose off making kn o which it is safe to work, and
nown the equipment on
specifying
g the extentt of the work
k to be undeertaken.

2.17 Elecctrical Sanction for Test

A standarrd form of declaration
d issued by a
an Authoriseed Person and given tto a person in charge
of or carrrying out th
he testing of ment, for thee purpose of making
o High Volttage electriical equipm
known the e equipmen nt to be tested and the conditions under which the tests aare to be ca
arried out.

2.18 High Voltage Switch

S Roo
om
A designated enclossure containing high voltage sw
witchboards or electricaal equipme
ent and to
which acccess is restrricted.

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2.19 High Voltage Sub-Statio

S n
Any premmises or partt of any pre
emises in whhich electric
cal energy is transform
med or conve
erted to or
from a vo
oltage above
e low voltag ge and whicch is large enough
e for a person to enter.

2.20 Injuury
Death or personal in njury from electrical s hock, electtric burn, electrical expplosion or arching
a or
from fire o n initiated by electrical energy.
or explosion

2.21 Isollation
The discoonnection and
a ation of the electrical equipment
separa e from everyy source off electrical
energy in such a wayy as to ensu
ure that thiss disconnec
ction and se
eparation is secure.

2.22 Isollated
Disconne ected from associated
a plant, appa
aratus and circuit cond ductors by aan isolating g device in
the isolating position
n, or by ade
equate physsical separa ation, or suffficient gap.. Note: isola
ation shall
not be acchieved by the operatioon and locki ng off of em
mergency sttop pushbutttons alone..

2.23 Limmitation of Access

A
A standard form of declaration n signed byy an Authorrised Perso
on for acceess to a hig gh voltage
n or high vo
substation oltage switc
ch room to u
undertake work,
w where
e an Electriccal Permit to
t Work or
Sanction for Test is not
n applicab ble.

2.24 Livee
Electrically energised
d or charge
ed.

2.25 Live
e Working
Working o
on or near exposed
e live
e conductorrs which ma
ay give rise to foreseeaable dangerr.

2.26 Live e Testing

The use o of approved d insulated test
t ment for the purpose of proving a ccircuit is Liv
equipm ve or Dead
or for traccing a fault with
w the equ uipment Livve.

2.27 Mullti-Lock Hasps

A scissorr type devicce affording
g the placin
ng of a num
mber of perrsonal safeety locks wh
here more
than one person mayy be working on electriical equipment.

2.28 Opeerational Lo
ocks
Locks that are use perating position to pprevent una
ed to lock equipmentt in an op authorised
operation
n.

2.29 Porrtable Equip pment

Equipmen nt that is designed
d and constru ucted to be
e carried an
nd moved and is ope
erated (or
rechargedd) via a flexxible power lead and a plug.

2.30 Presscribed Arrea

An area mmarked out by barriers and displayying dangerr notices wh
here a potenntial electric
cal hazard
exists and
d to which access
a is co
ontrolled byy the person
n in charge of
o the area..

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2.31 Safe ety Locks

Locks, difffering from
m operationa
al locks, iss ued to an in
ndividual an
nd used to lock off swiitches and
controls, associated d with the isolation orr earthing of electrica al equipmennt for theirr personal
he key for these locks
safety. Th s shall be rretained by the individ
dual to whoom they were issued.
There shaall be no duuplicate keys
s. The unau uthorised re
emoval of sa will not be permitted.
afety locks w p

2.32 Swiitchboard
A collection of switcches, fuses, conductorrs and equipment used for the ppurpose of controlling
c
any syste
em or part of
o a system.

2.33 Sysstem
An electriical system in which all the electrrical equipm
ment is, or may
m be, elecctrically con
nnected to
a common source off electrical energy,
e andd includes suuch source and equipm
ment.

2.34 Tran nsportable e Equipmen nt

Equipmen nt powered via a flexiible power lead from a supply of o nominal vvoltage, wh
hich is not
permanen n place, is not design ed to be portable,
ntly fixed in p but may be ttransported from one
location to
o another on
o an infrequ uent basis.

2.35 Volttage
The nominal voltage by which an
a installatio
on or part off an installa
ation is desiggnated.

 Exxtra Low Vooltage - Not exceeding 50V a.c. or 120V d.c. whether beetween conductors or
to earth.
 Loow Voltage - Normally y exceeding
g Extra Loww Voltage but
b not exceeeding 1000V a.c. or
15500V d.c. between
b co
onductors, o
or 600V a..c. or 900VV d.c. betw
ween condu uctors and
eaarth.
 Hiigh voltage – Normally exceeding Low Voltag ge.

2.36 Worrk
Any activvity associatted with me
echanical oor electrical equipment, including tthe normal operation
of switching devices and Live saafety testing
g and Live diagnostic
d testing.

3. REFE
ERENCES
 Ab
bu Dhabi EHHSMS CoP P 10
 Ab
bu Dhabi Ellectricity Wiring Regula
ations 2007 R1 2009

4. PROC
CEDURE
4.1 Gene eral
These rules and pra actices shall be regard ded as bein ng supplem
mentary to llocal regula
ations and
shall not b
be interpretted as over--ruling any rregulation in force.
It is the duty of all pe
ersons who
o work on o
or adjacent to
t electrical systems annd equipme
ent to:
 Be
e conversannt and comp ply with the local regulations.
 Co vities at all tiimes so as to prevent danger
onduct theirr work activ d to thhemselves or others.
 Be
e competennt to undertaake the worrk.

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All accide
ents and dangerous occurrences
o s involving electrical equipment
e shall be re
eported to
ACE.

4.2 Acce
ess to Elec
ctrical Equipment
Only com
mpetent peersons for electrical
e uties shall open doors
du s or removee covers off electrical
equipmen
nt.
Access to
o high voltag
ge switch ro
ooms and h
high voltage
e substations shall be re
restricted.

4.3 Preccautions for Electrical Safety

Every con
nductor sha
all be assum
med to be Liive until it is
s proved De
ead.
Every reaasonably prracticable precaution
p ken to guarrd against tthe risk of accidental
sshall be tak
contact wwith Live ele
ectrical equiipment and against thee risk of ele
ectric shockk or burns or
o accident
resulting from faultyy electrical equipment or short circuit conditions. Live electrical equipment
e
includes mmachinery, undergroun nd cables a nd overhea ad lines.
An acco ompanying person shall s be prresent in all
a situation ns where tthey may effectively
contribute
e towards the impleme entation of safe workin s and at all times whe
ng activities en working
on high vo
oltage electtrical equipm
ment.
During an ure all electtrical equipment shall be regardeed as being Live until
n electrical supply failu
the necesssary safetyy precautionns have bee en taken to isolate and prove Deadd.

4.4 Work king on Ele ectrical Sys

stems
All work o
on electricall equipmentt shall be su
ubject to the
e issuing of an Electriccal Permit to
o Work.
No perso
on shall und dertake any
y repair, m e, cleaning, or alterati on on any part of a
maintenance
system un
ntil the follo e been taken:
owing precautions have
 All such partss of the system shall b be Dead, isoolated and earthed
e andd all practicaable steps
hall be taken
sh n to lock offf all points o
of supply, in
ncluding voltage and aauxiliary tran
nsformers,
co
ommon neu utral earthinng equipme ent and othe er sources from whichh the equipment may
ecome Live. Danger tags shall be fixed at all points of isolation.
be
 All such partts of the syystem shall be connected to earth h by an appproved metthod at all
oints of disconnection of voltage
po e supply, orr between such
s pointss and the point(s)
p of
woork.
 All such partss of the sysstem shall be screene ed where ne ecessary too prevent da anger and
anger tags shall be atttached to e
da equipment containing
c Live
L conducctors and adjacent
a to
other Live conductors.
 All such partts of the system shalll be identiffied at the point of w work by an approved
method, and shall be re eleased for work by me eans of an Electrical P
Permit to Work
W which
hall be issu
sh ued by an Authorise ed Person who has full knowleedge of the e system,
eq
quipment an nd conductors to be w worked upon, the nature and exteent of the work w to be
do
one and thee safety prec cautions wh hich must be taken.

Work sha all not be carried

c out on or nearr any expos
sed Live co
onductor suuch that da
anger may
arise, unle
ess:
 It is unreason
nable in all circumstan
nces for the
e work to be
e carried ouut with the equipment
e
De ead.

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 It is reasonable in all circumstancees for the work

w to be carried outt with the equipment
e
Livve.
 Suuitable safeety precautions have been taken n in order to prevent injury, including the
prrovision of protective
p eq
quipment.

Live workking shall not be undertaken unle

ess under th
he permission of an E
Electrical Liv
ve Testing
Permit isssued by ann Authorizeed Person,, who shall ensure tha
at the persoons carrying out that
work are competent to do so.
After any work, funcctional chec cking or tessting has be
een carried out the eqquipment shhall not be
returned iinto service
e until it has
s been resto afe operating conditionn. Any Perm
ored to a sa mit to Work
which is in force shall be cancellled and witthdrawn.
The Elecctric shock placard shhall be disp
played at every
e substation and sswitch room
m, and at
primary distribution equipment,
e major contrrol panels and
a distributtion boards..
Appropria
ate persona al protective
e equipmennt shall be provided
p to all people working onn electrical
systems. In addition n, the follow
wing equipmment is esssential in ensuring
e thaat safe practices are
ed at all time
maintaine es:
 Vooltage indicator and pro
oving unit (4
400v).
 Peersonal lockks
 Multi-lock hassp
 Daanger notice es
 Caaution noticces
 Ruubber mat tot BS 921
 Ruubber Glove es to BS EN
N 60903 Cla ass 0 or bettter
 Vooltage teste
er
 Prroving Unit
 W
Waterproof Torch
T
 Keey Safe

5. RECO
ORDS
 Trraining Reco
ords
 Peermits to wo
ork
 Exxamples of Lock-out an
nd Tag-out,, danger and caution ta
ags

6. ASSO
OCIATED FORMS
F
None.

7. APPE
ENDICES
 Exxamples of Lock-Out and
a Tag-Outt, Danger and Caution Tags (Appeendix 1)
 Peermits to Work (Appendix 2)

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Appendix 1: Examples
s of Lock-O
Out and Ta
ag-Out, Dan
nger and C
Caution Tag
gs

! !
Top Rightt: Diagra
am 1. Locking off of t he Main Iso
olator.

Top left: Diagra

am 3 Examples of Muulti-lock atta
achments.
Diagra
am 4 Typical example
e showing hand whee el secured.

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Appendix
x 2: Permitts to Work

Top Rightt: Diagra

am 1. Frontt side of Pe
ermit to Wo
ork Tagging
g system.

Top left: Diagra

am 2. Rear side of Perrmit to Work Tagging
g system.

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