Electrical Safety Auditing / Inspection Service

Electrical Safety Auditing

Carelabs have accredited HV, MV, and LV auditors available to assist with your HV, MV, and LV Installation Inspections. Statutory Audition is done to ensure the safe operation of the installation and to comply with the legislation, rules and guidelines. Carelabs provide audit guidelines for large projects to avoid unexpected delays in the auditing process, and to advise what documentation and inspections will be required.

Carelabs is authorized provider of Electrical Installation’s Study, Analysis, Inspection, and Certification services in UAE, and offer electrical safety audit service in UAE.

• Objectives
• Scope
• Process
• Certification/Report
• Benefits

Objectives

Why is Electrical Safety Audit/Inspection Necessary?

Electrical hazards continue to threaten safety of people and property in the form of shocks, burns, injury, fire and explosion. With electricity having become an indispensable part of our life, electrical risks are to be managed effectively.

In process industries, fires due to electrical reasons are very probable, especially in industries that handle flammable chemicals. In service industries such as information technology, telecommunications, banking and other commercial establishments, business interruption losses due to electrical hazards (fire in server room, damage of expensive communication equipment, loss of data, fire in cable gallery, etc.) could be substantial. An Electrical safety audit is the solution.

Electrical Safety Audit Objectives

• To present the current status of the facility before the top management
• To evaluate potential hazards and to recommend suggestions for improvements.
• Diagnose Various on-going losses in the facility
• Identifying deterioration of standards, areas of risks or vulnerability, hazards and potential accidents in plants
• Determining actions to minimize hazards
• Recommend Measures for Improvement and Electrical Safety
• Ensure that safety effort is effective & meaningful

In short, An Electrical Safety Audit is a loss prevention program, prevent loss of productivity, property and prevent loss of life or prevent injuries.

At Carelabs comprehensive Electrical Safety Audit is conducted by experienced electrical engineers who assist clients in reducing risk, make use of standard operating procedures of electrical equipment, and help to ensure compliance with applicable Safety Standards and Regulations.

Scope

Typical Scope of Electrical Safety Audit

For a typical small to medium-sized location, thorough electrical safety audit can take 3-5 days, while sometime taking up to 1-2 weeks for report writing as required. A larger facility may take two to three weeks for an audit, especially at sites that have an unusually large number of electrical employees (150 or more). The process involves a full review of electrical program records, including training schedule, qualification, electrical maintenance, and self-assessments.

• Verification of statutory compliance with respect to local and international codes & guidelines
• Physical inspection to identify electrical hazards (shock, fire, explosion, physical damage) and to suggest electrical safety solutions
• Review of plant lightning protection system (need, adequacy, installation and maintenance)
• Review of static electricity hazards in the plant operations (if applicable)
• Review of hazardous area classification and selection of flame-proof electrical equipment in the plant, including maintenance aspects (if applicable)
• Review of hand tools and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) being used by the factory employees
• Review of electrical preventive maintenance system (including tests, documentation, history cards, etc).
• Review of electrical accidents and near misses in the plant to identify the root causes
• Review of electrical systems & procedures (work permits, interlocks, lockout tags, etc).
• Review of the importance given to electrical safety in the company safety policy, safety committee, continuous electrical risk identification, etc.
• Assessing the integrity of insulation of cables by carrying out insulation resistance tests on a sample basis
• Review of the earthing system (installation & maintenance aspects), including sample earth resistance tests
• To identify areas of overloading by carrying out load current measurements and compared against cable current carrying capacity calculation
• Identification of gaps and gap analysis
• OSHA / NFPA 70E Arc Flash & Electrical Safety Compliance
• Assured Equipment Grounding
• Ground Fault Circuit Interruption Protection
• Lock Out / Tag Out

Process

Electrical Safety Audit Process

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