DoD Electrical Safety Initiatives
Update
Nancy Vyas, ARL
DoD
July 16, 2014
DoD Electrical Safety Working
Group Products FY 2013
ELECTRICAL SAFE DESIGN
Appendix A: EQUIPMENT
• A-1: Electrically Safe Equipment Design
Checklist
• A-2: DoD and Services Requirements
Specific to Electrical Safety in Design for
Equipment
• A-3: Electrically Safe Equipment Links –
Worldwide Listings Websites
ELECTRICAL SAFE DESIGN
Appendix B: FACILITY ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
• B-1: Business Case for Electrically Safe Design of
Facilities
• B-2: Technologies that Reduce Likelihood of Injury
from Electrical Hazards, Including Shock,, Arc Flash
and Fire
• B-3: Facility Safe Electrical Design Checklist
ELECTRICAL SAFE DESIGN
Appendix B: FACILITY ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
• B-4: Facility Checklist: Electrical Safe
Design, Reliability, and Maintainability
• B-5: Facility Electrical Systems Inspection
Checklist
• B-6: Importance of Quality Assurance for
Equipment Critical for Electrical Safety
ELECTRICAL SAFE DESIGN
Appendix C: WATERCRAFT
• C-1: Watercraft Safety Requirements, Policies, and
Instructions
• C-2: Watercraft Electrical Safe Design, Reliability and
Maintainability Checklist
• C-3: Design Options for Watercraft to Reduce
Electrical Hazards and Improve Operability
• C-4: Applying Lessons Learned from Land-Based
Systems to Watercraft Safe Electrical Design
• C-5: Safe Design Example: Watercraft LED Lighting
ELECTRICAL SAFE DESIGN
Appendix D: ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV)
• D-1: Electric Vehicle Safety Resources,
Standards and Guidelines for Electrical Safety
in Design
• D-2: Electric Vehicle Safe Design Checklist
• D-3: Electric Battery Charger Safe Design
Checklist
• D-4: Safety Considerations for Electric
Vehicles
ELECTRICAL SAFE DESIGN
Appendix E: PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS
• E-1: Requirements, Policies, and Instructions for Safe
Design of Solar Photovoltaic Systems
• E-2: Electrical Safety for Solar Photovoltaic Systems
• E-3: Hazard Analysis for Solar Photovoltaic Systems
• E-4: Electrical Safe Design Reliability and
Maintainability Checklist
ELECTRICAL HAZARD APP
Developed Electrical Hazard Classification Tool
Application
• E-Safe Basic - http://apps.ctc.com/esafebasic/
• E-Safe Pro - http://apps.ctc.com/esafe-pro/
ELECTRICAL HAZARD APP
• The application is intended to be utilized by
TRAINED and QUALIFIED personnel who
must design, repair or install potentially
hazardous electrical equipment in the
performance of their duties. It is not intended
as a stand-alone electrical safety guide, rather
as a single part in larger overall system safety
analysis. Additional training may be required
as deemed adequate by supervisory staff.
ELECTRICAL HAZARD APP
• PPE presented in this app is based on the
task tables from NFPA-70E 2012, NEC and
IEEE Refereed Articles. For Tri-Services (US
Army Corps of Engineers, Navy-Marines & Air
Force) facilities electrical (VAC) work, consult
your AHJ to determine if the principal
reference for shock and arc flash boundary
analysis is the UFC 3-560-01 dated May 2012.
ELECTRICAL HAZARD APP
• Begin by selecting a source of energy from the
list below. You will then be prompted to enter
more information about the electrical system.
• 60 Hz Power
• DC
• Capacitor
• Battery
• Sub RF (1Hz - 3kHz)
DoD Electrical Safety Working
Group Products FY 2014
ELECTRICAL SAFE DESIGN
MICROGRIDS
TACTICAL MICROGRIDS
• Safe Design of Components: Generators,
Controls, Distribution, Battery Bank,
Photovoltaic Array
• System Safe Design
• Guidance for Qualification of Installers,
Operators, and Maintainers, i.e. Training
Content for Military Training Programs
ELECTRICAL SAFE DESIGN
MICROGRIDS
INSTALLATION MICROGRIDS
• Safe Design of Components: Generators,
Controls, Distribution, Battery Bank,
Photovoltaic Array, Wind Power Generation
System, Grid Controls and Interface
• System Safe Design
• Guidance for Qualification of Operators and
Maintainers
COUNTERFEIT ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT
GUIDANCE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF
COUNTERFEIT ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
• Counterfeit Products
• International Standardization
• Testing laboratories with major worldwide
coverage
• Accreditation
• Countries with Electrical Equipment Safety
ELECTRICALLY SAFE EQUIPMENT
WORLDWIDE
DESIGNATION OF ELECTRICALLY SAFE
EQUIPMENT WORLDWIDE
• Requirements, Policies, and Instruction for
Designation of Safe Equipment Programs OCONUS
• Recognition of “Trusted” Safe Equipment Programs
OCONUS as Guidance for Deployed Forces Making
Local Buys
• Equipment Inspection Checklist for “Non-Listed”
Equipment Manufactured and Used OCONUS
ELECTRICALLY SAFE EQUIPMENT
WORLDWIDE
• These host country websites detail their
country’s procedures for evaluation of safety
of electrical equipment. Equipment bearing
labels (testing lab label) displayed on the safe
equipment websites of these countries can be
considered comparable to US NRTL listings
and considered safe.
ELECTRICALLY SAFE EQUIPMENT
WORLDWIDE
Country
Language
Website
*Americas
English
http://www.canena.org
Argentina
Spanish
http://www.iram.com.ar
*Australia
New Zealand
Tasmania
English
http://www.standards.org.au/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.austest.com.au
http://www.erac.gov.au/rl_t.htm
http://workplacestandards.tas.gov.au/home
http://www.qas.com.au
http://www.standards.co.nz/default.htm
Austria
Austrian
English
http://www.ove.at
http://www.tuev.at/start/browse/Webseiten/TUV%20Austria%20Holding
Belgium
Belgian
English
http://www.bec-ceb.be
http://www.nbn.be
Bosnia
Herzegovina
??
http://www.bas.gov.ba
Brazil
Portuguese
http://www.abnt.org.br/default.asp
http://www.abinee.org.br
http://www.cepel.br
http://www.ipt.br
*Canada
English
http://www.scc.ca
Chili
Spanish
http://www.inn.cl/portada/index.php
http://www.sec.cl/portal/page
ELECTRICAL MISHAP INVESTIGATION
FORM
• Collect information regarding as adverse
incident involving electrical energy.
• Information used to improve electrical safety.
• No blame assigned.
• Identify actions needed to prevent future
mishaps, such as improved equipment, safer
electrical technology designs, improved
protective equipment and training.
DSOC WEBSITE
Electrical Safety Working Group Website on
DENIX: http://www.denix.osd.mil/denix_secure
/eswg/OperationalSafety/bulletins.cfm
OPPORTUNITIES
DoD/DoE COLLABORATIONS
• Electrical Equipment Inspection and Approval
Process and Information
• Electrical Safety Training; Training Materials
• Continued EFCOG Involvement on Common
Issues
• More ideas…….
SUMMARY
• Great workshop
• Outstanding personnel involvement
• Continued improvement benefitting DoE/DoD
and industry
• Thanks!