ELECTRICAL RISK MANAGEMENT & SAFETY PROCEDURES

We will work with you to advise on and help develop your risk assessments and safety procedures associated with the use of electricity at work. Following on from risk assessment, we help implement any requirements highlighted, such as the development of procedures, permits to work, and electrical safety training.

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RISK LEGISLATION

Health, safety and welfare at work legislation imposes the duty on every employer to identify hazards in the place of work under their control and assess the risks to employees and any other persons who may be exposed. Action should then be taken to determine the necessary preventive and protective measures.

We identify hazards and assess the risks associated with direct and indirect contact with live parts, electrical arcing, electrical fire and explosion, and mechanical movement of electrically-driven equipment.

RISK ASSESSMENTS

Risk assessments conducted by Premium Power ensure that where unavoidable, those risks are thoroughly assessed and the relevant statutory provisions are taken into account. Suitable controls are then determined and implemented in order to minimise those risks.

Our documented risk assessments include:

Description of the electrical hazards, including those of direct and indirect contact, arc faults, electrical fire and explosion, and mechanical movement of electrically-driven equipment
Details of potential injury
A comprehensive list of the current risk controls in terms of those that reduce the likelihood of occurrence, and those that mitigate the potential injury arising from hazardous events/exposures
Recommendations, where appropriate, to reduce likelihood of occurrence of the hazardous events/exposures and/or mitigate the potential injury arising from hazardous events/exposures

RISK MANAGEMENT

For some lines of work hazards are unavoidable, however an employer must identify, assess and prevent as much as reasonably possible the risk to their employees. Without our expertise and audits you risk:

Damage to plant and electrical equipment
Shutdown of the plant
Production loss
Reputation damage
Injury to employees
Workers’ lives lost

HAZARD IDENTIFICATION

When conducting hazard identification and risk assessments we work closely with our clients to ensure total accurately. The results of the risk assessments help us develop the subsequent safety procedures, permit systems, training and competence requirements, and maintenance procedures relating to

LIVE WORKING SUCH AS TESTING, FAULT-FINDING & COMMISSIONING

WORK IN THE VICINITY OF LIVE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

DEAD WORKING, INCLUDING LOCK-OUT & TAG-OUT

emc corp

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EMC Corporation - Arc Flash Study

The EMC site is quite a large installation, with almost 300 boards to be assessed. A careful evaluation of current onsite documentation was required to ensure there were no gaps and the model could be built accurately.

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nen3140

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Arc Flash Study Using NEN3140 Standard

A large data centre client that we have worked with previously in Ireland needed to get an arc flash study at their Netherlands plant. This was quite a large site with almost 300 boards to be assessed.

A careful evaluation of current onsite documentation was required to ensure there were no gaps so the model could be built accurately.

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project amangement

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Project Management of Arc Flash Mitigation

After carrying out an arc flash study at this pharmaceutical plant, we were tasked with project managing the arc flash mitigation measures that needed to be implemented. The mitigation measures were required due to the limitation of some of the protective devices; the devices were unable to clear the calculated arcing fault in a sufficient time and hence reduce the prospective incident energy to within acceptable levels.

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