Harbor-Meter Services Inspection rev. 2

• Document No.

• Audit Title

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

• Business Unit

• Function

• Workgroup

• Number of Employees

• Work Being Performed

Tailboard/Hazard Assessment

• 1. Tailboard/Hazard Assessment Complete (Yes to items 2-7)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Revenue Services (RS): JHA filled out in the AM and PM electronic format. There is only one person per vehicle and they usually work independently. Employees rarely have to use a bucket truck.
JSAs
• are electronic (will most likely not see a hard copy)
• Employees fill out JSA before they get out of truck and submit it, so if hazards change, they cannot change the JSA
Reference: General Subjects 7.0-15.0, Gas Safety Manual

• 2. Job Hazards Prioritized, Identified and Documented

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• RS: Voltage meters used to test unknown/tampered equipment

• 3. Key Observation Points: Animal Bite Exposure, Slips, Trips, and Falls, Ergonomic Issues, Fatal Hazards, PPE, Other (identified)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• RS: Done as the JHA when you get out of the vehicle
Reference: General Subjects 24.0, Gas Safety Manual

• 4. An Effective Mitigation Plan

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• RS: Quick escape routes, being aware of your surroundings

• 5. Employee Recognizes Changes in Routine Hazards and Documented

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 6. Emergency Plan Discussed: Nearest Hospital, Who should be notified.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• RS: No dispatch or radio communication upon arrival or departure. Radios with emergency buttons
Reference: Emergency Procedures page 14, Gas Safety Manual Reference- Emergency Procedures page 14, Gas Safety Manual

• 7. Emergency Plan Discussed: Location, Route of Egress, Circuit, GPS coord.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

General inspection items

• 8. Traffic Control Devices in place like safety cones/beacon lights.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Use cones on all but, lead investigators.

Reference: Traffic Control, page 119, Gas Safety Manual, MUTCD Manual temporary traffic control Section 6.

• 9. Public Clear of Worksite

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Remove kids and customer whenever possible

• 10. Reflective Vest in use around road work

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Reference- Motor Vehicle Safety, 20.0, Gas Safety Manual

• 11. PPE condition checked, tested, and/or dated such as rubber goods, hot sticks, voltage tester.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Wear FR clothes gate to gate
Rubber gloves (date located on gloves and changed out every 6 months)
• class 0 (required most times)
• class 2
• class 3 (one meter man will have class three.. this is near tunica/casinos)
Dielectric boots, just do visual checks (have but rarely use them, only to open doors to transformers).
Face Shield (required when dealing with 480 volts +)
Hot sticks (Inspected every two years, but they do not open and close switches, they are for using amp probe to measure hi side amperage)
Hard hat required when overhead hazards are present
Reference: Personal Protective Equipment section

• 12. Housekeeping (including vehicles at job site and safety related items)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Reference: General Subjects, 89-96, Gas Safety Manual

• 13. Proper voltage testing processes followed

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Test voltage and continuity on new install and reconnect that is NOT reconnect due to non-pay. Same as field metering.

• 14. all spent seals are removed from job site

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Need to make sure they are picked up from all job sites.

• 15. Proper Removal/installation of meters

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Use PPE, not to use hand to hit meter to secure. Should place bottom in first then top
Reference: General Subjects, page 24, Gas Safety Manual

• 16. Meter pan seal properly installed

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has a seal on bottom and clip is installed

• 17. vehicle left running and unattended (situation dependant)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• May be left running if working and pad mount transformers (they wire them).. Employee may have drill requiring an inverter. Normally not running. Remote locks may also be installed for purpose of running a locked vehicle.

Reference: Motor Vehicle Safety, 14, Gas Safety Manual

• 18. Personal Conduct/attitude (are the employees professional and represent the company properly)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Loose or proper clothing has been an issue in the past Reference: General Subjects, 19-26, Gas Safety Manual

• 19. All Proper PPE in use

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Reference: Personal Protective Equipment, Gas Safety Manual

• 20. Gas Meter and Valve not leaking

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• May apply locks to gas meters to make safe

• 21. Driving Courteous and/or defensive

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Smith driving and proper parking. Using hood caps for walk around unless investigating
Reference: Motor Vehicle Safety, 10.0, Gas Safety Manual

• 22. Employee practices all smith system driving rules

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 23. Employee is practicing proper parking

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 24. Use of seat belts when vehicle is in motion.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Reference-Section 15 Motor Vehicle Safety, 15.2(1),Transimission and Distribution Safety Manual

• 25. Proper use of cell phone and/or radio

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Blue tooth, handsfree only.

HU Tools

• 26. Were Human Performance Tools used on this job?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 27. Self Checking

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 28. Peer checking

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 29. Post job review

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 30. Procedure usage

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 31. Questioning attitude

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 32. Place keeping

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 33. Effective Communication

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 34. Pre-job briefing

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 35. Coaching

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 36. Turnovers

  Yes

  No

  N/A

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