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ETCI Safety Committee – TC5
Report for 2013
Members of TC 5 (1)
Arthur Byrne, ESB Networks (Chairman)
John Barry, Dept. of Envirn. C & L.G.
Chris Barry, Dept. of Envirn. C & L.G.
Eric Bergin, AVT Reliability
Robert Butler, CIF
Kevin Campbell, ESB BSC & Electric Ireland
Padraig Delaney, HSA
Sean Downey, CIF
Chris Fitzgerald, ETCI
Michael Hanly, ETCI
Members of TC 5 (2)
Jim Keogh, ETCI
Ted O’Keeffe, NISO
Dick O’Rourke, ETCI
Tom Reilly, ETCI
Eddie Reynor, ESB Generation
Bill Ryan, Schneider Electric
Tom Ryan, Teagasc
DamienTraynor, CFOA
Sean Ward, CER
Eamon O’Flynn, ETCI (Secretary)
TC5 Objectives
Promotion of Electrical Safety
Examination and reporting of Electrical Accidents
Development of Guideline Documents associated with Electrical Safety
Input to Legislation in relation to Electrical Safety
Maintenance of Fatal Electrical Accident Database set up on ETCI website
Input on Safety Issues to the development of new or revised International Standards and Guidelines
TC5: Activities during 2013
• Reviewed serious electrical Near Misses and Fatalities
• Promoted the implementation of a system for the reporting of supplementary information by the Fire Services in relation to fires due to Electrical Causes
• Examined the requirement to have responsibility assigned for investigation of the causes of Fatal Electrical Accidents in Domestic Premises
• Examined safety of high energy output electric fences in relation to some reported incidents in Ireland and Internationally and the development of a Guidance Document by the H.S.A.
• Improved representation on TC5 Committee
Promotion of Safety Awareness & Accident Statistics
Fatalities caused by Electricity: 2012
1. A 42 year old man was electrocuted while working on a
construction site. The man was in contact with a load that
was being moved with a mobile crane when the slinging
rope on the crane made contact with a 20kV overhead line.
Fatalities caused by Electricity: 2012
2. A man was electrocuted in his home apparently due to
contact with a faulty portable electric heater / heater
controls and wiring.
3. A man in his late 50’s who was acting as banksman was
electrocuted while erecting an LV pole adjacent to a live
MV overhead line when the pole being erected made
contact with the MV line.
Fatalities caused by Electricity: 2013 (to-date)
1. A 22 year old man was electrocuted in an ESB HV
Substation when he apparently made contact with live HV
apparatus
2. A 14 year old teenager was electrocuted when he
apparently suffered an electric shock when using a power
washer on a farm
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4
6
8
04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
11 Customer side 16 Networks side
Electrical Fatalities: 2004 – 2013 YTD
2
4
6
8
10
04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
13 could have been avoided had there been an awareness
of overhead networks and the precautions to take
Electrical Fatalities: 2004 - 2013 YTDNetworks Side : 16
Electrical Fatalities: 2004-2013 YTD
Customer Side: 11
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4
6
8
10
04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
7 could have been avoided had earthing or protection
(RCD, fusing) been correct
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30
45
60
75
1930’s 1940’s 1950’s 1960’s 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s 2000’s
29 37 71 54 75 76 60 36
Electrical Fatalities over the Decades
National Fire Statistics : 2011
9,682 8,726 580*
Fires in buildingsIn the home
Electrical
causes
38 36 4 to
11
38
5 to
9
2011
2010
Deaths
Fires
35
Smoke Detectors not in use in the
majority of fatality cases
Some Public Safety incidents…….3rd Party Damage to ESB Cables and Overhead Lines
No. of 3rd Party Incidents 2010 2011 2012 2013 (Nov)
UG cable Dig Ins 598 627 749 695
OH Lines Damages 197 205 330 277
Total Damages 795 832 1079 972
Code of Practice/
Booklets….
DVD/Videos
Stickers, Job Aid
All available free of charge
from ESB Networks – down
load from:
www.esb.ie/networks or
Tel. 1850 372 757
Selection of Injury & Near Miss Incidents that occurred during
2013 on the following slides
1 17
Public Safety Incidents - 2013
38kV Station
A 22 year old member of the public gained unauthorised access to 38kV station
Suffered an electric shock, and serious burns to his hands and feet when he made contact with live electrical apparatus
Used climbing aid to scale inner compound pallisade fence at rear corner of station site
Contact with 10kV Overhead Line
Two men received an electric shock from a 10kV overhead line when a scaffolding bar they were holding came in contact with one phase of the 10kV line. Both Men received full thickness burns to their hands.
Break-in and Fire at Substation
Fire service call regarding fire at a substation.
The cowl of the sub door had been removed and the lock cut. A number of wooden pallets were stacked around the LV switching panel and set alight.
There was substantial damage to both MV and LV equipment in the sub.
Wires thrown over MV Network
Debris from tyre wires had been thrown over the networks and had blown 3 MV fuses. The wire was dangling within 8 feet of the ground.
Serious Station Break-in
Thieves operated KKTT Switch (in separate switchroom)
2No. 630kVA transformers sabotaged
Beside river Shannon - 1900 litres of oil released
Serious Safety and Environmental implications
Bunting erected close to LV Overhead Network
Community workers erected bunting close to live LV overhead networks while using an aluminium ladder.
Overhead LV over shed roof
Single phase LT networks crossing over the roof of a shed had a tyre secured to it to prevent the PVC covered phase conductor from rubbing on the ridge tile.
Work Under Overhead Line
Track machine working under an LV line with one conductor broken.
Wire on Overhead
Piece of steel wire hooked around an Eircom service and then clipped to ESB 4x50 OBC networks so as to improve ground clearance down an alleyway.
Electric Fence wire ran over bare LV overhead line
Farmer ran a cable over bare Low Voltage networks across a road to feed an electric fence.
Any Questions?
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