Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 3 14 of 53 8 ELECTRI CAL SAFET Y Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S W P 007 P age Nu m b e r 1 of 2 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e F e bru a r y 02 2016 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e Apr il 08 2016 The following p roc e du re s a ppl y to bot h qua li fie d a nd non qua li fie d p e rson ne l unl e ss spec ific a ll y re fe re nc e d to qualified em plo y e e s S E L E CTI ON AN D U S E OF S A F E WORK P R AC T ICES S a fe t y re l a ted w ork p ra c t ice s shall be followe d to pre ve nt ele c tric a l sho c k or othe r injurie s re sult in g fr om ele c tri c a l conta c ts A thor oug h insp e c ti on of a ll e quipm e nt shall be done to eva luate for potent ial ha z a rds E nsure the int e g rit y of a ll e nc losure s a nd ins ulation L ive p a rts to whic h a n e mpl o y e e m a y be e x pose d to sh a ll be de e n e r g iz e d b y a qu a li fie d wor k e r a s spe c ifie d in t he L oc kout Ta g out P ro gra m bef o re t he e mpl o y e e wo rks on or ne a r the m Onl y qua li fie d wor ke rs a re a ll owe d to complet e ta sks su c h a s testi ng a nd tr oubleshooti ng with in t he li mi ted a pproa c h bounda r y Th e qua li fie d wo rke r sha ll test to ensur e that the pr e vious l y e ne r g iz e d pa rt is de e n e r g iz e d No w ork o n or n e a r e x pose d li ve pa rts is pe rmiss ibl e without prop e r ill umi na ti on Onl y non c onduc ti ve lad de rs a r e a ll owe d for us e ne a r e n e r g iz e d pa rts C onduc ti ve a ppa r e l such a s c ha ins wa t c he s or ring s shall not be wo rn w hil e wor kin g withi n the li mi ted a pproa c h bounda r y I nte rloc ks shall not be b y pa ssed b y B e lt e rr a e mpl o y e e s An y major e lec tric a l wor k will be outso urc e d to a qua li f ied e le c tric ian B li nd re a c hin g is no t allowe d in an y e le c tric a l p a n e ls or e quipm e nt USE OF P ORT ABL E E L E CTRICA L E QUIP M E NT Applies to cor ds a nd plu g s c onn e c ted e quipm e nt t oo The e quipm e nt shall be h a ndled in a manne r w hic h will not ca use da ma g e Avoid r a isi ng a nd lowe ring th e e quipm e nt using fle x ibl e c ords D o not fa sten c ords w it h st a p les or other f a stene rs tha t ma y d a ma g e the out e r ja c ke t P orta ble c ord a nd plu g e quipm e nt shall be inspec ted be for e use I f da ma ge is dete c ted it s ha ll be re moved f rom s e r vice E x tension c ords sha ll pe riodic a ll y b e g iven a c onti nuit y test a lon g with t he inspec ti on to dete rmine o pe n point s or shor t cir c ui ts test for full c onti nuit y on e a c h wir e a nd z e ro c onti nuit y fr om wir e to wire A G F C I is a d e vice that d e tec ts an y le a ka g e c urr e n t i n a n e lec tric a l cir c uit a nd trips turns of f the c irc uit whe ne v e r the le a k a ge c ur re nt i s g re a ter tha n 5 mi ll iampe re s GF C I s a re r e quire d wh e ne v e r porta ble e le c tric a l equip ment is use d outdoors or in we t or da mp l oc a ti ons