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Safety First and Always

Eversource Safety

2017

Storm Response & Onboarding


Safety Message

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Safety Message:

Stated Expectations: Are they

possible?

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Since 2001:

• 14 Play off appearances

• 7 Super Bowl Appearances (roughly one every other year)

• 5 Super Bowl Championships

“Do Your Job”

“No Days Off”


Eversource Profile

Safely providing energy to 3.6 million

customers in 525 cities and towns

₋ 4,500 miles of electric transmission

line

₋ 72,000 miles of electric distribution

line

₋ 6,300 miles of natural gas distribution

piping

Committed to being a strong community and business partner

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We are one company focused on delivering safe, reliable energy and superior customer service.

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How We Deliver


What is a Successful Restoration?

One where the lights get turned back on with ZERO HARM

ZERO HARM:

– No injuries

– No motor vehicle events

– No public events

– No self inflicted outages

– No collateral damage as a result of restoration

Is this a lot to ask??

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Plan the Work & Work the Plan!


Planned vs. Unplanned Events

Planned

Nemo

Super Storm Sandy

Joaquin

Unplanned

Snow-tober

February wind storm (NH)

Tornado

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Storm Events can come in many types and sizes

While we may or may not have time to prepare for

the storm we have time to plan our work.


Planned Storms

We have advanced

notice

– Time to prepare and

activate Emergency

Preparedness (EP)

Guidelines/Playbook

– Time to line up additional

contractor resources

– Establish on board

processing center(s)

– Contractors go through

registration and then safety

on boarding prior to or

immediately after storm hits

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Hurricane Irene: Cat 1 storm formed

August 2011. $7.3 Billion in damages

and at least 45 fatalities


Unplanned Storms

Little to no time to

prepare

– Contractors typically on

boarded after the event

– Contractors dispatched

direct to service centers for

work assignment and on

boarding

– Typically less formal

registration system

– More of a scramble to get

safety on boarding

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Readiness Conditions

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ERP Levels

Depending on the

anticipated or actual

outcome we have

levels 1-5:

Level 5 – Normal Operations

Level 4 – Upgraded Normal

Operations

Level 3 – Moderate Regional

Event

Level 2 – Serious Event (severe)

Level 1 – Full Scale (significant)

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Contractor On-Boarding

Objective:

Provides instructions that pertain to establishing and maintaining a

safe working environment for all non-Eversource Energy

personnel as well as Eversource employees and the public.

Applicability:

This procedure is used by Non-Eversource Energy workers to

guide them through what is expected of them before and during

restoration efforts.

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Information Transfer

OSHA’s rules for Transmission, Distribution, and Generation

(1910.269, General Industry & 1926 Subpart V, Construction)

include new or revised provisions on host employers and

contractors.

The provisions on host employers and contractors include

requirements for host employers and contract employers to

exchange information on known hazards and on:

– Existing conditions,

– Characteristics,

– Design,

– Operation of the host employer's installation.

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Host – Contractor Definitions:

Host Employer (A.k.a. the utility):

– An employer that operates, or that controls the operating

procedures for, an electric power generation, transmission, or

distribution installation on which a contract employer is

performing work covered by [the standard].

Contract Employer (Storm Contractor):

– An employer, other than a host employer, that performs work

covered by (the standard) under contract

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Host Employer Responsibilities

Before work begins, the host employer shall inform contract

employers of:

– Known conditions and characteristics of the system related to safety

of work being performed.

– Information about the design and operation of the host employer’s

installation that the contract employer needs to make the

assessments required

– Any other information about the design and operation that the

contractor requests and is known and related to safety

– Host Employer is not responsible to go out and inspect conditions

prior to contractor going to work

If Host has the information, from surveys etc. they must provide it.

If Host does not have it, they do not need to perform surveys.

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Host Employer Responsibilities

Eversource uses the following to transfer necessary information:

– Eversource External Mutual Aid Safety Briefing User Guide

– Circuit Maps

– Policies & Procedures

These can be accessed via EEI Contractor Safety web site

– Standards

– Email

– Storms can bring challenges around transferring some of this

information

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Existing Characteristics and

Conditions

Characteristics:

1. Nominal voltages of lines and equipment

2. Minimum Approach Distances

3. Presence of Hazardous Induced Voltages

4. Presence of Protective Grounds and Equipment Grounding

Conductors

5. Locations of circuits and Equipment

Conditions:

1. Condition of Protective Grounds and Equipment Grounding

Conductors

2. Conditions of Poles

3. Environmental Conditions (Relating to Safety)

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Contractors Responsibility

Ensure that each of its employees is instructed in the hazardous

conditions relevant to the employee’s work that the contract

employer is aware of as a result of information communicated to

the contract employer by the host employer

shall advise the host employer of any unanticipated hazardous

conditions found during the contract employer’s work that the host

employer did not mention within 2 days.

Share all applicable information provided from the host employer

with any subcontractor and their own employees

Conduct a detailed (documented) job brief covering all known

hazards including the list of characteristics and conditions

provided by OSHA for each job

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Host Employer and Contract

Employer Responsibilities…

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Information about the design and operation of the host employer’s

location that the contract employer might need in order to make

assessments.

Any other information about the design and operation of the host

employer’s installation that is known by the host employer, which the

contract employer requests (and that are related to the protection of

the contract employees).

Transfer of information during storm restoration will be

communicated through the contractor onboarding process

– and as necessary throughout the restoration


Contractor Work Rules…

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Contractor Work Rules

Worker Responsibilities

– We are asking a lot….

Daily Safety Messages

– Storm Safety Message provided daily to be shared with all

employees

Communicating to Defuse Potentially Threatening/Violent Behavior

– Customer expectations are changing

Response to a Serious Accident

– Know your critical information (location etc)

Conducting a Documented Job Briefing

– One of the most important things we do!

Identify hazards and mitigation factors

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Fitness for Duty Policy

– Drugs, alcohol, proper hydration

Working Hours

Use of Pole Banners

– Identify yourself on the circuit

– Warning! Never energize when a pole banner is applied!

Managing Arc Flash Hazards during Storms

Distribution Switching and Tagging Requirements

List of Tags Used During Switching (Distribution & Transmission)

– DNO, Caution, NRA etc..

Grounding of Equipment

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Back-feed

– Issue becoming more and more real

Gloving Requirements

– Minimum class II while handling wire

Live Line Tool Requirements

Inspection of Poles Prior to Climbing or Working

Testing of Wood Poles Prior to Climbing or Working

System Voltages - Grounded Wye, Unigrounded Wye, and Delta

Primary Circuits

– Nominal system voltages (5kV, 13.2, 13.8, 25, 34.5kV

depending on location)

– What’s your MAD?

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Fusing Schedule’s

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Tree Trimming and Clearing

Distribution Tree Worker Request for De-Energizing and

Grounding

Additional Emergency Restoration Safety Requirements for Tree

Crews

Traffic Control

Vehicle Safety and FMCSR

PPE

– Ground to ground sleeve policy

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WZTC

Work Area

Protection…. your

biggest exposure

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Recent Significant Events in

Company Work Zones


Environmental Management

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Transformers reduce the voltage in power lines from high voltage to the low

voltage, this voltage reduction process produces heat inside the transformer.

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Mineral Oil, PCBs and the Environment


Grounding Diagrams Provided

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Numbers indicate installation sequence. Reverse sequence for removal.



OSHA Involvement

On serious events many times utilities will partner with local area

offices:

– OSHA Involvement:

Present at on-board meetings with contractors

Attend morning safety briefings

Ride along with utility supervisor performing field visits

– Typically non enforcement mode

Provide Fact Sheets, checklist and additional resources to

help keep employees and public safe during restoration

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Contact Information

Each restoration contractor provided contact lists for:

– Safety Department reps

– Dispatch centers

– Incident Command Centers (ICC)

– Designated company rep.

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Electric Shock

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In addition to the

touch potential

hazard, approaching

an energized wire or

part presents other

hazards.

Are we concerned about downed wires we can not see?

Step Potential


Contractor Work Rules…

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Electrical Awareness - Low and

high voltage electrical lines and

equipment exist throughout the

Eversource system. The

Contractor must provide, to all

persons working under a

contract, or ensure they have

received, electrical awareness

training appropriate to the work

they will be performing. The

intent of the training is to

ensure persons understand the

hazards of electricity and the

actions they must take to

prevent inadvertent contact.


Questions?

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Documents

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