Electrical Safety Audit

Electrical Safety Audit

The main hazards with electricity are:

• - contact with live parts causing shock and burns
• - faults which could cause fires;
• - fire or explosion where electricity could be the source of ignition in apotentially flammable or explosive atmosphere

In process industries, fires due to electrical reasons are very probable, especially in industries that handle flammable chemicals. In service industries such as information technology, telecommunications, banking and other commercial establishments, business interruption losses due to electrical hazards (fire in server room, damage of expensive communication equipment, loss of data, fire in cable gallery, etc.) could be substantial.

Typical scope of study

Verification of statutory compliance with respect to Indian Electricity Rules.

Physical inspection to identify electrical hazards (shock, fire, explosion, overloading) and to suggest electrical safety solutions.

Review of plant lightning protection system

Review of hazardous areas

Review of electrical preventive maintenance practice (such as tests, record and history cards of equipments, etc.).

Review of electrical accidents and in the plant to identify the root causes and provide solutions.

Review of the importance given to electrical safety in the company safety policy, safety committee, continuous electrical risk identification, etc.

Review of the earthing system (installation & maintenance aspects), including sample earth resistance tests.

To identify areas of overloading by carrying out load current measurements and compared against cable current carrying capacity calculation.