One company´s approach to cord-connected safety

Author

Huddleston, Robert L., Jr.

Author_Institution

Eastman Chem. Co., Kingsport, TN, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

327

Lastpage

336

Abstract

Significant safety initiatives were undertaken by a large US chemical manufacturing site to deal with the inherent dangers in the use of cord-connected electrical equipment. This approach to employee safety goes beyond regulatory compliance and includes ground-fault protection for all 120 volt cord-connected equipment used in the plant, as well as visually-discernable exterior bonding and annual inspections of higher voltage cord-connected equipment. This paper provides background and detailed strategy for this important safety initiative

Keywords

chemical industry; interrupters; legislation; power apparatus; protection; safety; 120 V; US chemical manufacturing site; annual inspections; cord-connected electrical equipment; cord-connected safety; employee safety; ground fault circuit interrupters; ground-fault protection; regulatory compliance; safety initiatives; visually-discernable exterior bonding; Bonding; Chemicals; Databases; Electrical safety; Inspection; Manufacturing; Production facilities; Protection; Safety devices; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 2001. IEEE Industry Applications Society 48th Annual

Conference_Location

Toronto, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7183-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCICON.2001.960586

Filename

960586