Arc Flash Presentation 2011

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1. BIF - 2011
   Arc Flash
   Power Panels
   &
   Best Practice
   

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3. ARC Flash
   • What is it?
   • Where does it come from?
   • What can it cost you?
   • How do you protect your self, your employees
   and your company?
   

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4. What is Arc Flash?
   

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5. What is Arc Flash?
   

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6. What can happen?
   

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7. What is it?
   • A Dangerous explosive release of energy
   – Associated with :
   • Phase to ground
   • Phase to phase fault
   – What can cause this?
   

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8. What can Cause it
   – Dropped tools
   – Accidental Contact with electrical Systems
   – Conductive Dust
   – Corrosion
   – Improper work conditions
   – Poorly trained employees
   

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9. Who Cares?
   • Bakers
   • Equipment manufactures
   • Employees
   • Contract Workers
   • Lawyers
   • Oh ……And OSHA (I think you know them)
   

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10. What Must I do?
    • New equipment installations
    – Proper design of control panels and switch gear
    – But the Requirements are:
    • not specifically spelled out by OSHA
    • Existing panels and switch gear
    – OSHA regulations state an employer must identify
    and assess the electrical hazards for employees
    and protect them from those hazards.
    

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11. What is Required
    • Hazard Risk Assessment
    – Before working on energized parts above 50V
    • Probably every panel in your plant
    • or that you manufacture to old standards
    – If a hazard exist
    • An employer must select and require employees to use
    protective apparel (PPE) (including special underwear!!!)
    – Yea Right I can see that happening when a break down occurs
    • If you do that ….. you MIGHT be compliant
    

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13. Can you be cited by OSHA
    • OSHA has been issuing citations to companies
    for failure to assess and identify the hazards
    present.
    • The envelopes please:
    – Open panel during an inspection $7,500
    – Someone working in an open panel $30,000
    

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14. Labels on a Panel that has been Risk
    Assessed
    

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15. You have other choices
    Other Options and
    Methods
    

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27. Goto www.GracePort.com for more information
    

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35. Questions
    ???
    Thank you
    

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