saftgeek
04-04-2007, 02:39 PM
A few months ago I posted on here looking for help with putting a set of lifesaving rules together. Many of you made comments and gave me encouragement to continue with the path I was following. Unfortunately, I could not get the linemen on board and seven months passed with very little progress. I have now been instructed that since the men don't want to take ownership of the rules, it is up to the Op Mgr and myself to put the list together.
I have sided with statistics and want to try to put our efforts in that general direction. I don't want a huge list, just a very relevant one that may actually keep someone alive someday.
Here it is:
1) If an employee is within reaching distance of an energized line, the employee shall wear the appropriate class glove / sleeves. Reaching distance shall include any item being handled, i.e. ties, tools.
2) No circuit shall be worked as de-energized until it has been isolated, tested, grounded and LO/TO applied.
3) A harness shall be worn from cradle to cradle.
4) All trucks shall be grounded if work takes place within 10' of a conductor energized at more than 300 volts.
I'm not quite sure how to handle #4 when a backhoe is digging by a pad-mount. Any suggestions/comments...
First violation is 3 days off w/o pay, second w/in 18 months and you have to leave the dance forever. If a job-site supervisor knowingly allows any of the rules to occur, the same punishment. If a supervisor (Op Mgr or myself) doesn't immediately document and report a violation, discipline from the GM.
Let er' rip...
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I have sided with statistics and want to try to put our efforts in that general direction. I don't want a huge list, just a very relevant one that may actually keep someone alive someday.
Here it is:
1) If an employee is within reaching distance of an energized line, the employee shall wear the appropriate class glove / sleeves. Reaching distance shall include any item being handled, i.e. ties, tools.
2) No circuit shall be worked as de-energized until it has been isolated, tested, grounded and LO/TO applied.
3) A harness shall be worn from cradle to cradle.
4) All trucks shall be grounded if work takes place within 10' of a conductor energized at more than 300 volts.
I'm not quite sure how to handle #4 when a backhoe is digging by a pad-mount. Any suggestions/comments...
First violation is 3 days off w/o pay, second w/in 18 months and you have to leave the dance forever. If a job-site supervisor knowingly allows any of the rules to occur, the same punishment. If a supervisor (Op Mgr or myself) doesn't immediately document and report a violation, discipline from the GM.
Let er' rip...
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