Measuring performance of your Electrical Safety Program by audit

Author

Becker, Terry ; Neish, Robert

Author_Institution

ESPS Electr. Safety Program, Solutions INC., Calgary, AB, Canada

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

Measuring performance is an important aspect of electrical safety. It is possibly not well understood or is a neglected process by the electrical community that must implement the Electrical Safety Program. Auditing is a recognized tool in the Occupational Health & Safety Management System Standards and in demonstrating due diligence to Occupational Health & Safety Regulations. This paper reviews the Electrical Safety Audit Process and a large oil and gas corporation´s experience in having eight (8) detailed Electrical Safety Audits completed for their major oil and gas production complexes where an Electrical Safety Program has been implemented.

Keywords

auditing; electrical safety; occupational health; occupational safety; audit; electrical community; electrical safety program; management system standards; measuring performance; occupational health; occupational safety; oil and gas corporation; Arc discharges; Companies; Electric shock; Electrical safety; Hazards; Standards; ANSI-AIHA Z10; Audit Criteria; Audit Evidence; Audit Findings; Audit Process; CSA Z1000; CSA Z462; Corrective Actions; Due Diligence; Electrical Safety Audit; External Audit; ISO 19011; Independent Audit; Internal Audit; NFPA 70E; Systematic; Validation; Verification;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference (PCIC), 2010 Record of Conference Papers Industry Applications Society 57th Annual

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

ISSN

0090-3507

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6800-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCIC.2010.5666834

Filename

5666834