UGL - Electrical Safety Audit

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General Controls

Electrical safety meetings are being conducted
Electrical works have a risk assessment
Energised electrical work SWMS's available for all live electrical maintenance work on low voltage equipment?
Personnel can access TRIM documents, ie. drawings and procedures?

Testing and Safety

Electrical Safety and Test Reports from contractors who perform electrical work on SCL owned fixed equipment are completed and filed?
Certificates of Test and Safety have been supplied for all electrical work completed by UGL.
Safety switches have been routinely tested as required by corporate standards and results recorded?

Testing to Prove De-energised

Verification of tests to prove de-energised recorded within Plant Isolation Control Guides and filed with SAFE WORK Authority’s?
Test equipment such as Multi meters, RCD performance testers, earth-loop impedance testers, voltage testers, insulation resistance testers and similar instruments, functionally tested and inspected at set intervals (minimum)?
Test equipment for low voltage circuitry tested to OEM Specifications?
Calibration of testing equipment undertaken at 12-monthly intervals (minimum)?
Multi-meter test leads are Category III rated with type A probes?
Each testing instrument has a durable sticker affixed to it to indicate it has been tested and calibrated?

PPE

All items of PPE and clothing used for electrical work are free from metal materials?
Low voltage insulated gloves are tested 6 monthly and are marked with working voltage rating?

Tools

Tools used for performing live low voltage electrical work & fault finding are insulated to minimum of 1000 volts AC?
Low voltage testing equipment is marked with its working voltage limit?
Portable electrical tools and equipment within current testing dates and tagged?
Portable electrical equipment fitted with appropriate guarding?
Insulation, earth continuity and operational tests of portable electrical equipment carried out in accordance with AS3760:2010?

Suitable method of communicating the following established:

Notice that scheduled inspection & testing of portable equipment is to occur and when?
Which equipment is required to be inspected and tested?

Training, Competency and Authorisation

Workers who work on or near live electrical equipment have received training in low voltage switchboard rescue and cardio pulmonary resuscitation?
Workers who perform Electrical Safety Observer duties have received training in low voltage switchboard rescue and cardio pulmonary resuscitation?

Incident Recording

Electrical hazards and incidents are reported and recorded?
All dangerous and serious electrical incidents are reported to external authorities?
All electrical incidents are investigated and reports filed?

Plant Modifications

Plant modification file and approval in place for modifications to electrical plant?
Inspection certificate for testing and safety has been signed prior to energisation?

Hazardous Areas

Workers performing electrical work within hazardous areas certified in accordance with AS/NZS 4761?
HAVD paperwork in place to record electrical installation, maintenance and repair works (e.g. inspection sheets, Accredited Audit reports etc.)?
Electrical work in hazardous areas identified and recorded in safe system of work (SAFE WORK AUTHORITY)?

Registers / Records

Register of ALEW’s who undertake electrical work?
Register of AEPs?
Register of Authorised Electrical Isolation Officers?
Register of persons Authorised for Entry into PPE Zone and Arc Flash Protection Boundary?
Internal audits of UGL electrical workers completed work?