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ES&H Manual
Chapter 6200 Electrical Safety Manual
Purpose
The purpose of this Electrical Safety Manual is to establish minimum requirements for identifying and controlling electrical hazards to prevent fatalities and injuries from working on or around hazardous electrical energy, and to establish Jefferson Lab National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) site-specific electrical safe work practices that meet regulatory requirements and match the types of hazards found on site.

Scope
This document establishes the institutional requirements and electrical safe work practices at Jefferson Lab for both QEWs and non-QEWs. It includes electrical work practices, maintenance requirements, training, and installation requirements for facilities distribution and premises wiring, utility distribution, and commercial and Research and Development (R&D)-type equipment.

These safe work practices are being driven by:

Table 1: Required Electrical Training Courses by Job Classification

Training Course Qualified Electronic/Electrical Worker Licensed Electrical Worker Qualified Electrical Inspector
SAF 104
Lock, Tag, and Try		 X X X
SAF 603A
Electrical Safety Awareness: Classes, Modes, etc.		 X X X

SAF 603N1
Arc Flash: Live to Tell

 X X X
SAF 603N2
Beware of the Bite
 X X X
SAF 603S
Switching of Electrical Equipment		 X X X
SAF 603R
Safe Release from Electrical Contact
 X X X
Demonstrated Proficiency with Supervisor
 X   X
Electrical Tradesman License
   X  
Seven Years Experience a
     X
(a) Seven years of accumulative training, education, or experience relevant to the electrical equipment design and installation standards for the type of equipment being evaluated.

Responsibilities:

Management authority may be delegated to a task qualified Jefferson Lab employee at the discretion of the responsible manager.

Anyone at Jefferson Lab
  • Request an inspection from a qualified electrical inspector.
  • Shall be aware of the electrical hazards in your workplace.
  • Shall perform work using electrical safe work practices with anything electrical (i.e. computers, electronic devices, extension cords, power strips, etc.).
  • Shall report electrical safety hazards to your Supervisor/Technical Representative /Sponsor.
  • Submit a Facilities Management Work Request if new, repair, or maintenance electrical work is needed (including installation of electrical outlets).
  • Report all cases of electric shock to Jefferson Lab Occupational Medicine Department (x7539).
  • Shall request an electrical hazard evaluation for a piece of electrical or electronics equipment for a specific electrical work task such as power strips, personal heaters or fans, extension cords, etc. If you are not sure, call ES&H for an Electrical Safety Inspection.
Qualified Electronic/Electrical Worker
Qualified Electrical Inspector
  • Perform Electrical Safety Inspections in accordance with minimum requirements.
Supervisor/Technical Representative (TR)/Sponsor
  • Ensure only trained and qualified individuals perform electrical work.
  • Ensure appropriate PPE is available to individuals.
  • Ensure compliance with Jefferson Lab safe electrical work practices.
  TR also:
  • Ensure subcontractors assigned electrical work submit a safety plan that includes relevant electrical training, licensing, etc., of individuals working on-site, as required by their contract.
Facilities Management Electrical Engineer
  • Provide electrical distribution equipment with arc flash labels marked with the available incident energy, arc flash boundary, and the nominal system voltage.
  • Maintain the one-line and arc flash hazard analysis of the lab's distribution system down to the lowest panelboard level or large utilization equipment if connected.
Electrical Safety Engineer
  • Provide an electrical PPE evaluation, upon request, which is to include shock approach and arc flash protection boundaries.
  • Administer the lab-wide electrical rated glove change out every six months.
  • Provide electrical hazard evaluation for electrical equipment or an electrical work task upon request.
Electrical Authority Having Jurisdiction
Director, ES&H
  • Nominate a qualified individual for the position of Electrical Authority having Jurisdiction, in compliance with requirements.
Chief Operating Officer
  • Submit nomination for Electrical Authority Having Jurisdiction to Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility – Site Office (TJSO) for acceptance.
  • Upon TJSO acceptance, authorize the Electrical Authority Having Jurisdiction appointment.
Document Control:
  • ISSUING AUTHORITY:   ES&H Division
    TECHNICAL POINT-OF-CONTACT:  Tim Fitzgerald
    APPROVAL DATE:   1/29/2021
    REVIEW DATE:  1/29/2024
    REVISION HISTORY
    Revision 4.0 – 1/29/2021 - Restructured the format and flow of the ES&H Manual 6200 and removing the appendices. Director and ES&H Director approved
    Revision 3.5 – 1/31/20 - Updated responsibilities for 3.2 Qualified Electronic/Electrical Worker per CATS#NE-2019-05-04-01 and CATS#NE-2019-05-08-01
    Revision 3.4 – 10/29/19 - Added 'Demonstrated Proficiency with Supervisor' to Table 1 per CATS#NE-2019-07-05; updated TPOC from T.Kujawa to T.Fitzgerald
    Revision 3.3 – 11/14/18 - Removed reference to deleted content ES&H Manual Chapter 6200 Appendix T4 Electrical Hazard Labeling; added SAF603R to Table 1 per CATS#STR-2017-12-03-01
    Revision 3.2 – 05/11/17 - Updated Table 1 to reflect current laboratory operations.
    Periodic Review – 10/05/16 - No changes per TPOC.
    Revision 3.1 – 11/03/14 - Edits per T.Kujawa. Chapter appendices renumbered to correlate with appendices noted under 4.0 Appendices (T7 no longer exists). No substantive changes.
    Revision 3.0 – 10/31/13 - Qualifying Periodic Review;  Updated to clarify roles of Electrical Engineer and Electrical Authority Having Jurisdiction; addition of Appendix T6 and Appendix T7.
    Revision 2.1 - 11/19/10 - Added general electrical safe work practices for portable and vehicle-mounted generators to Appendix T4 per Todd Kujawa.
    Revision 2.0 - 05/10/10 - Added Appendix T4 General Electrical Safety; and Appendix T5 Electrical Hazard Labeling.
    Revision 1.0 - 10/01/09 - Update to reflect current laboratory operations.

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