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IEEE Recommended Practice for Electrical Installations on Shipboard -- Safety Considerations, 2014
- IEEE Std 45.5-2014 Front Cover
- Title page
- Important Notices and Disclaimers Concerning IEEE Standards Documents
- Participants
- Introduction
- Contents
- Important Notice
- 1. Overview [Go to Page]
- 1.1 Scope
- 1.2 Purpose
- 2. Normative references
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Introduction to electrical safety [Go to Page]
- 4.1 General discussion
- 4.2 Definition of safe
- 4.3 Exposure to electrical hazards [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1 Electrical shock
- 4.3.2 Electrical arc flash [Go to Page]
- 4.3.2.1 Nature of electric arcs
- 4.3.2.2 The arc as a heat source
- 4.3.2.3 Development of arc size
- 4.3.2.4 Effect of temperature and incident energy on human tissue and clothing
- 4.3.3 Electrical arc blast [Go to Page]
- 4.3.3.1 Pressures developed by arc blasts
- 4.3.3.2 Arc forces defined
- 4.3.3.3 Development of arc pressure
- 5. Establishing an electrical safety program [Go to Page]
- 5.1 General discussion
- 5.2 Content of program [Go to Page]
- 5.2.1 Management commitment
- 5.2.2 Organizational support
- 5.2.3 Electrical safety policy [Go to Page]
- 5.2.3.1 Providing and maintaining electrically safe facilities
- 5.2.3.2 Implementing electrically safe work practices
- 5.2.4 Training and qualification of all personnel
- 5.2.5 Use of personal protective equipment, insulated tools, and protective work methods
- 5.2.6 Use of electrical equipment
- 5.2.7 Documentation
- 5.2.8 Oversight and auditing
- 5.2.9 Technical support
- 5.2.10 Emergency preparedness and procedures
- 5.2.11 Incident investigation
- 6. Providing and maintaining electrically safe systems and equipment [Go to Page]
- 6.1 General discussion
- 6.2 Design considerations [Go to Page]
- 6.2.1 Design for shock, arc flash, and arc blast protection
- 6.2.2 Design for fire protection
- 6.2.3 Illumination
- 6.2.4 Work spaces and working clearances
- 6.2.5 Drawings
- 6.2.6 Equipment identification
- 6.2.7 Grounding and bonding
- 6.3 Installation safety requirements
- 6.4 Periodic inspections
- 6.5 Preplan for safe maintenance
- 6.6 Repairs and replacement parts
- 7. Safe electrical work practices [Go to Page]
- 7.1 General discussion
- 7.2 Training [Go to Page]
- 7.2.1 Qualified versus unqualified persons
- 7.3 Electrical safety controls [Go to Page]
- 7.3.1 Procedures [Go to Page]
- 7.3.1.1 Safe work procedure typical outline
- 7.3.2 Work authorization
- 7.3.3 Self-controls before each task
- 7.3.4 Identifying hazardous tasks [Go to Page]
- 7.3.4.1 Typical hazardous tasks in electrical work
- 7.3.5 Evaluating the degree of hazard
- 7.3.6 Actions to reduce or control the hazard
- 7.3.7 Permit for energized work
- 7.4 Working on or near de-energized equipment [Go to Page]
- 7.4.1 Establishing an electrically safe work condition
- 7.4.2 Hazardous energy control (lockout and tags-plus program) [Go to Page]
- 7.4.2.1 A realistic approach to lockout/tags-plus
- 7.4.2.2 Employee indoctrination and participation
- 7.4.2.3 Padlocks and warning tags
- 7.4.2.4 Composition of the warning tag
- 7.4.2.5 Personalized padlocks
- 7.4.2.6 Temporary release of lockout/tags-plus
- 7.4.2.7 Use of up-to-date single-line diagrams
- 7.4.2.8 Hazardous energy control for mechanical equipment
- 7.4.2.9 Making the system workable
- 7.4.2.10 Other points to consider
- 7.4.3 Temporary personal protective grounding
- 7.5 Working on or near equipment that is, or can become, energized [Go to Page]
- 7.5.1 Switching operations
- 7.5.2 Penetrating into unknown space
- 7.5.3 Other safe practices
- 8. Protective equipment, tools, and methods [Go to Page]
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Personal protective equipment
- 8.3 Other protective equipment [Go to Page]
- 8.3.1 Rubber blankets
- 8.3.2 Insulated tools and handling equipment
- 8.3.3 Doors, covers, shields, guards, and barriers
- 8.3.4 Ground-fault circuit-interrupters
- 8.4 Protective methods [Go to Page]
- 8.4.1 Grounding and bonding of equipment
- 8.4.2 Alerting techniques
- 8.4.3 Planning
- 8.5 Drawings and other documentation [Go to Page]
- 8.5.1 Safety electrical one-line diagrams
- 8.5.2 Panelboard directories
- 8.5.3 Plot plans (location plans)
- 8.6 Safety audits [Go to Page]
- 8.6.1 Principal concerns of a safety audit
- 8.6.2 Safety audit checklist
- 8.7 Additional audit program items
- 8.8 Safety morale and culture
- 9. Safety of use of electrical equipment [Go to Page]
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Portable electrical equipment
- 9.3 Test instruments and equipment
- 9.4 Vessel infrastructure (power and light circuits)
- Annex A (informative) Bibliography
- Back Cover [Go to Page]
