Posted By Descarte I would suggest training would include but not be limited to COSHH, isolations, asbestos (if required), permit to work, confined space (if required). Generic risk assessments for "maintenance" are not necessarily a good idea especially if these tasks are non-routine. We have produced a checklist type RA before for our maintenance basically asking them to spot and record any hazards associated with the job before they start, takes about 5 minutes for a low hazard job but longer if required. They should then decide what if any action requires to be taken before they start, so maybe add RA training to that above Hope this helps

Posted By Tom Doyle John, I am not aware of any EN or standard that deals with electrical arc flash, blast, and/or shock hazards in great detail. Realizing of course that you are not in North America, there is a very good NFPA standard that could be benificial. NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace provides detaild hazard assessment, and mitigation strategy guidance. Cheers Tom Doyle Industrial Safety Integration.

Posted By Al Beevers John, We have for several years used dynamic risk assessments for out mobile engineers. These are a template listing the usual hazards encountered (electricity, slips + falls, poor access) which the engineers grad (1-3), and also record their precautions (16th Ed. qualifies, safety footwear worn) etc. these have to be returned with each job sheet - or the guys don't get their expenses. All the guys get a 1 day training course on risk assessment on top of their other safety training. We have also now developed a system of issuing jobs on PDA's, and the same template has been added onto the PDA, with the difference being that the job can't be signed off until the risk asssessment has been completed. The most important section of the format we use is the "Precautions Not Sufficient - Job Postponed section". It encourages the engineers to request extra help - 2 people for heavier tasks, scaffolding to be provided, or isolation by the electricity provider. It's not a perfect system, but it is suprisingly good when an EHO demands a risk assessment he doesn't think's been done. The engineers also like it as it's taken away the perception that the job's just got to be done. Al.

Posted By Elaina Harvey It may be worth contacting the following organisations to look at electric arc risk assessments/high voltage training EA Technology http://www.eatechnology.com gary.eastwood@eatechnology.com +44 151 3394181 (they will carry out an arc flash risk assessment to identify the incident energy levels) EmPower Training www.empower-training.com ben.prince@empower-training.com +44 115 9832900 A contact at the Health & Safety Executive that may also help is Ken Morton - HM Principal Electrical Inspector (Head of Power Systems) Health & Safety Executive NSD4C Belford House 59 Belford Road Edinburgh EH4 3UE 0131 247 2116 ken.morton@hse.gsi.gov.uk I work for DuPont NOMEX(r) flame resistant fibres - if anyone wishes to discuss technical issues related to electric arc or obtain recommendations for garment manufacturers, please feel free to contact me elaina.harvey@gbr.dupont.com +44 7881 836588 There will be a new standard coming in related to electric arc clothing - IEC 61482-2 (this is still in draft format, so not sure when it will be finalised) Hope this helps Elaina Harvey, DuPont (UK) Ltd