Cause & Consequence
- Electricity, electrical discharge, short circuit or overload
Incident Location
Any Location Type
Incident Activity
Maintenance
Incident Info Source
Dave Thomson davek.thomson@stena.com
Specific Incident Equipment
Rig Type: Mitsubishi MD 602 Switch Board: ABB(NEBB)
Lessons Identified
Insufficient isolation of equipment. Perspex not adequate, short of full length of Busbar- Electrical department unaware of bus bars extending below the Perspex protection.- Third Party Contractor Competence Levels assumed adequate-I nadequate Risk Assessment of task and area undertaken
Incident Recommendations
Third party competency levels to be supplied to head of department prior to commencement of operation.- Risk Assessment for entering switchboard cubicles to be revised.- Similar equipment to be checked to eliminate similar lack of guarding of busbars.- Insulate any identified exposed busbars
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