Electricity, Safety, Quality and

The Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 (formerly Electricity Supply Regulations 1989)... 

Tbe Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 are issued by the Department of Trade and Industry. They are statutory regulations which are enforceable by the laws of the land. They are designed to ensure a proper and safe supply of electrical energy up to the consumer s terminals. 

As previously noted, the draft Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations were distributed for comment in February 2001. They are likely to be promulgated in the middle of 2002, and the following describes the main requirements and the principal changes from the 1988 Regulations as deduced from the consultation documents. 

For new electrical Installations or for significant alterations to existing ones, the Electricity Safety Quality and Continuity Regulations require the electricity distributor to install the cut-out and meter in a safe location where they can... 

As citizens of the modem world and as consumers in a comfortable society, we have come to expect the highest standards of quality in all aspects of our lives. When we buy a new car, we expect that we can drive it for tens of thousands of miles free from defects in workmanship. When we elect our government officials and pay our taxes, we expect a responsive government, schools with high academic standards, air and water free of pollution, and an infrastructure that is solid and in good repair. When we pay our utility bills, we expect to always have electricity, heat, water, and a working sewer system for our homes. A quality lifestyle means excellence in consumer products, environment, health and safety, government services, and so on. 

In addition to carbon sequestration, technologies that would provide economic benefits include those that enhance oil recovery, produce coalbed methane, and maintain pressures in depleted gas reservoirs to avoid surface subsidence. Currently, companies in the United States sell one billion standard cubic feet of C02 each day, or approximately the C02 output from one conventional coal-fired electric power plant with a power capacity of 2300 MW. This C02 is used economically and with little or no environmental impact for approximately 70 enhanced oil recovery projects and for other industrial applications. Pipeline specifications for C02 quality, pipeline safety issues, and custody of the C02 have a base of industrial experience that goes back to the 1970s. Today, there are operating C02 pipelines of up to 760 mm (30 inches) in diameter and 640 km (400 miles) in length (Fig. 6-6). 

Two of the seven tools of quality discussed above are not illustrated. These are the scatter diagram and the check sheet. The scatter diagram is a graphic technique to analyze the relationship between two variations and the check sheet is a simple data-recording device. The check sheet is custom designed by the user, which facilitates interpretation of the results. Most Biomedical Equipment Technicians use the check sheet on a daily basis when performing preventive maintenance, calibration, or electrical safety checks. 

The Incident. Parts coming off the press were of good quality and the press was operating normally. To rearrange the stack of material to be cut and to spray water on it, which was done to eliminate static electricity, the operator stopped the press, by pushing the bottom safety bar at the platen location—what should have been a prohibitive practice except in an emergency. The circuitry did not require a resetting of the safety device to restart the press. 

Larger lathes are best fitted with sliding shield guards shown in Fig. 9.9. These are made from high-quality steel with a polycarbonate window to provide maximum operator protection from chuck, swarf and coolant and provide excellent visibUity. The guard slides over the head-stock and out of the way when access to the chuck or tooling is required. These can also be fitted with an electrical safety interlock to prevent the... 

It is sometimes possible to achieve maintenance reductions without jeopardizing safety, as was noted with engine maintenance in the aviation industry. However, caution may be in order. Former Pacific Gas and Electric vice president Shiffer (1999, pg. 262) comments We re on the offensive in cost-cutting but on the defensive in quality and safety... I firmly believe that it is entirely possible to achieve both high quality/safety performance and necessary cost reductions. But it is also possible to go overboard on cost-cutting such that it adversely impacts quality/safety performance. ... 

NFPA has been a worldwide leader in providing fire, electrical, and life safety to the public since 1896 (NFPA 2002). The mission of the international nonprofit organization is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating scientifically based consensus codes and standards, research, training and education (NFPA 2002). The NFPA publishes of the National Electrical Code, the Life Safety Code, and 300 other codes and standards through a full, open-consensus process (NFPA 2002). 

I first read Ken Oldham Smith s book in 1991 when I was researching the topic of electrical safety before attending a recruitment interview. I was impressed with the book and appreciated the quality of the information and advice that it contained. I was therefore honoured, some ten years later, to be given the opportunity to edit the book for its fourth edition, whilst being somewhat nervous about my ability to match the standards set by Ken. 

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