The Electrical Safety Committee (ESC) should act as the AHJ for interpreting electrical codes and regulations.

The ESC

presents management with the requirements and training needed to implement the program;

advises management of the need to fund and support these requirements;

maintains and assists in the implementation of the Electrical Safety Program;

develops and maintains the electrical safety manual;

assists the departments by interpreting the electrical requirements of DOE orders, criteria, and guides and other codes, standards, and practices;

maintains a copy of each interpretation given; and

publishes electrical safety bulletins.

The committee interfaces with DOE, all organizations and sites, and other DOE contractors.

3.3.1 ESC SUBCOMMITTEES

The ESC subcommittees address site-wide electrical safety issues and may be comprised of ESC members as well as non-Electrical Safety Committee members. The electrical chair appoints subcommittee chairs, who are not required to be members of the ESC. All subcommittee reports and recommendations are approved by a majority of the ESC.

3.4 MAINTENANCE MANAGERS

Maintenance managers implement the Electrical Safety Program by developing an electrical preventative maintenance program and providing qualified electricians. They also ensure that managers, first line supervisors, and a staff of crafts workers and their assistants complete all applicable courses of electrical safety training. Maintenance managers also ensure that all facilities are maintained in compliance with NEC (NFPA 70) and the NESC (ANSI-C2).

3.5 FACILITY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT MANAGERS

Operations managers are responsible for implementing the Electrical Safety Program by providing safe work procedures and permits for high and low voltage work as required. They also provide and implement other critical procedures such as lockout/tagout, testing, and safety-related work practices as required by 29 CFR 1910.331-335. These managers ensure that crafts workers of all disciplines and their immediate supervisors working with, or in proximity to, electrical equipment receive

electrical safety awareness training;

general and job-specific training in safe electrical work practices as required in 29 CFR 1910, Subpart S; and

training in NFPA and ANSI codes and standards.

3.6 FACILITY ENGINEERING DESIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGERS

Facility engineering managers are responsible for implementing requirements of this Electrical Safety Program during facility design by ensuring compliance with DOE Order 6430JA "General Design Criteria." These managers also ensure that the electrical engineers and designers attend

electrical safety awareness training;

general and job-specific training in safe electrical work practices as required in 29 CFR 1910, Subpart S; and

training in NFPA, IEEE, and ANSI codes and standards.

In addition, they also ensure that all workplace modification designs are m compliance with 29 CFR 1910, Subpart S, and NFPA 70E. They also provide and maintain up-to-date electrical drawings to adequately describe the various building systems and modifications.

3.7 CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS

Construction managers are responsible for implementing and enforcing the requirements of NFPA 70, ANSI C2, and OSHA 29 CFR 1926 during construction of all facilities by providing AHJapproved certification for electrical inspectors. They also ensure that the inspectors receive training in NFPA 70, OSHA 29 CFR 1926, ANSI C2, and electrical safety awareness.

3.8 SAFETY ENGINEERING MANAGERS

Safety managers provide oversight and customer liaison for electrical safety for the departments. They also provide cognizant electrical safety professionals trained in the application of NEC, OSHA, etc.

3.9 DEPARTMENT MANAGERS

Department managers are responsible for implementing Section 5 of this Electrical Safety Program in their departments by:

identifying electrical hazards and documenting them within their departments, familiarizing personnel with electrical hazards, developing and implementing safe operating procedures to ensure safe electrical work practices that mitigate the risks of electrical hazards,

developing and implementing an action plan for documenting and correcting electrical deficiencies,

conducting periodic inspections of their workplaces and electrical equipment,

conducting safety meetings that include electrical safety topics,

ensuring that personnel receive Electrical Safety Awareness Training and other task specific electrical safety training as required by 29 CFR 1910.332,

ensuring that their contractors comply with the requirements of this program as applicable, and

developing interfaces with their representatives on the ESC.

3.10 EMPLOYEES, VISITORS, ON-SITE CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS

All employees and on-site contractors are responsible for:

having an awareness of the electrical hazards in their workplaces;

reporting electrical occurrences, shocks, and discovered hazards;

reporting all electrical shocks as injuries to the Health Services Department;

reading, understanding, and following applicable safe operating procedures having electrical requirements;

adopting and implementing safe electrical work practices;

attending appropriate Electrical Safety Awareness Training and other equivalent job-specific training as required by 29 CFR 1910.332;

using appropriate personnel protective equipment; and

developing interfaces with their representatives on the ESC.

3.11 PURCHASING MANAGERS

Purchasing managers are responsible for specifying that, when available, purchases of electrical equipment and appliances are listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory (NRTL) such as Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., (UL).

3.12 ES&H TRAINING MANAGER

These managers are responsible for developing and overseeing electrical safety training courses, including any site-specific electrical safety training courses, as required by the ESC and the Electrical Safety Program.