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Industrial Lighting Industrial Lighting Industrial Lighting and Safetyand Safetyand Safety
“““Can you see the problem?”Can you see the problem?”Can you see the problem?”
WMEA Meeting, Calgary, June 9, 2005
Mick Walton BJ Electric SalesTim Driscoll Shell CanadaGeorge Brady Syncrude CanadaRichard Loiselle Suncor Energy
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AgendaIntroductionReferencesBackground InformationActual Data
- Surveys & Incident DataIllumination Considerations
- Design & MaintenanceSafe Work Practices
- Fatality Case StudyConclusions & Recommendations
Fatality Case Study 2 (if time permits)
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Introduction
• Do we pay enough attention to lighting?• Is there data to substantiate a closer look?• Can safety performance be improved by
paying attention to lighting?• We can not run our facilities without lighting!
– The round-the-clock industrial revolution was enabled by lighting
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References
• Much of the data presented in these slides comes from – ANSI/IESNA RP-7-01,Recommended Practice
for Lighting Industrial Facilities• Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) rules
quoted are from the Alberta (Canada) code• The statistical data and incidents are quoted
from major petroleum companies operating in Alberta, Canada
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Background
Age Seeing Ability
10 Years 120 Years 1.530 Years 240 Years 350 Years 660 Years 15
• The better the lighting conditions, the more productive we are.
• Relative illumination needed by different age groups to carry out a specific eye-task
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Background
• In 2002, David Berson of Brown University detected a novel third photoreceptor in the retina of mammals which is directly connected to the biological clock of the brain.
• In short and simple terms, application or reduction of light to the eye can switch our bodies on and off.
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BackgroundIlluminance vs Incident Frequency
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Actual Data - Survey• Is there a good understanding among
workers about what is safe light working conditions?
• Anonymous survey sent to plant technicians– 3 major petroleum companies – data next page
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Actual Data - Survey
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96%
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0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%
PositiveResponses
No. of electricians aware ofincidents related to lighting
No. of electricians reluctant tochange some lamps due tolocationLighting maintenance seen as alow priority
Feel their facilities lighting isinadequate
Do Not understand lighting levelsor specs
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Actual Data - Incident Statistics
• A small percentage of overall incidents but suspect significant under-reporting
• In the last 3 years, a large petroleum facility has experienced, due to inadequate illumination– 2 Lost Time Incidents– 5 Medical Aids – 28 First Aids
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Actual Data - Incident Statistics
• Another company’s 5-year records show that due to slips, trips and falls– 18% are Medical Aids– 58% of all serious injuries occurred, and– A disproportionate number occur at night
Rarely during investigations was poor lighting considered!
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Actual Data - Incident StatisticsIncidents by Time of Day
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Actual Data - Reporting• Data is sometimes available through the
incident reporting systems.• Until a better focus and knowledge base is
achieved, the data is likely distorted.• There is a great deal of circumstantial
evidence:– Work order requests– Industrial Hygiene complaints– Accidents during night time hours.
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Actual Data - Incident Samples
• First Aid - Employee was walking in poorly illuminated area between trailers and slipped on ice resulting in bruised knee.
• First Aid - Employee was descending poorly illuminated steps carrying tools and “caught 1/2 of a step” resulting in a sprained ankle.
• First Aid - Employee was responding to fire alarm, walking down poorly illuminated piperack, when he stepped on an object, tripped and hurt knee.
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Illumination Rules
• OH&S Governs Workplace Safety and states, in General Safety Requirements Rule 186.1, that “an employer must ensure that lighting at the work site is sufficient to enable work to be done safely”
• OH&S Refers to the IES (Illumination Engineering Society) for Recommendations for Safe Lighting Levels
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Illumination - IES
• IES (ANSI RP 7-01) is the prime reference• RP 7-01states that “any factor that aids visual
effectiveness increases the probability that a worker will detect the potential cause of an accident”
• Main recommendations for illumination levels, interior and outdoors respectively
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Illumination - IES
• Interpretation & Considerations– Suggests a minimum of 20 foot-candles on all
industrial tasks where there is a sustained seeing requirement
– 3 Dimensional Viewing (Time, Location, Plane)– Uniform lighting levels (low Max / Min ratios)– Minimize Glare with appropriate refractors– High efficiency / long lasting light sources used
in hard to reach areas ( Induction Lamps)
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Illumination - IES
• Interpretation & Considerations– Long term maintenance (considers lamp
degradation, environmental factors)
Lamp Degradation Cleanliness
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Illumination Design
• Lighting specification sources– User specifications– Manufacturer and engineering company
standards, specifications, software – Some of these may be weak and/or inconsistent,
construction often not audited.• Not generally a high priority with users
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Illumination Design
• Other Considerations– Installation details - maintenance friendly ?– Appropriate controls to ensure lighting is off
when not needed (energy consumption, longer lamp life, less maintenance)
• Documentation– Often poorly done as cabling is field run– Sub-optimal for O&M
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Illumination Maintenance • Group re-lamping programs
– Help maintain the designed min. lighting levels• Therefore improving long term safety (trips, slips, etc.)
– Better management of waste material containing mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium
• Lighting controls - higher end microprocessor based solutions available– Minimizes lumen degradation over time– Also energy savings
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Safe Work Practices
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Safe Work PracticesPrime Hazards
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• Fixtures located at “Inaccessible Locations”– Usually elevated, therefore risk of falling
• High percentage of work is “Energized”– Difficult to find disconnect device– Considered ‘low voltage’ and low risk by many
electricians• Both hazards often occur together making
Lighting Work Extremely Hazardous!
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Safe Work PracticesElevated Locations
• Examples– Ceilings– Stanchion mounts off walkways, platforms– Light poles– Sides of buildings
• Accessing – Ladders, scaffolds – Fall protection
• Worker must be protected by railing• Above a specified height, fall protection is required.
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Safe Work PracticesElevated Locations
• Issues– Troublesome to get proper equipment for small job
• Ladders, scaffolds – $$$ and/or time consuming
– Accessing often involves reaching– Appropriate procedures
• E.g. securing ladders
– Use of correct equipment• E.g. fall arrest, non-conductive ladders
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Safe Work PracticesEnergized Work
• Considered ‘Low Voltage’– However, many voltages >120 V often found
• E.g. 240, 277, 347, 480, 600 Volt
• Info. (drawings/schedules) identifying the breaker/disconnect often missing or inaccurate
• Disconnect is often inconveniently located• Troubleshooting often considered easier if done
energized• Energized work considered part of electrician’s job• “Others in area” want lights on while you fix a light
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Safe Work PracticesOther Hazards
• Hazardous Locations– Arcing (e.g. wiring work, lamp changing)– Hot surfaces– “Hot Work” procedures / permits needed
• Lighting considered low priority in Industrial– Process and engineered equipment has priority– “Hazardous Task Analysis” or “Field Level Risk
Assessment” often not conducted
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Safe Work PracticesLighting Case Study - Fatality
• Petroleum Facility, October 1998• Job: Repair light fixture that was not working• The Incident
– Electrician to fix fixture at elevated location• Remote ballasted
– Aluminum ladder to access the fixture – Majority of work was performed energized– Electrician was startled by an arc or shock– Fall resulted in a fatal injury
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An Aluminum (conductive) ladder was selected.It was supported by the conduit and tied-off with rope.
The fixture was unhooked from it’s JB, lowered and secured with rope so that the wiring could be accessed
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One wire had become disconnected on the fixture and was pulled into the fixture’s conduit when it was dropped down.
(This is why the fixture was not working)
The wire then contacted the fixture’s conduit.
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The remote ballast was locatedVoltage was measured leaving the ballast
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The electrician proceeded to check that voltage was present at the fixture.
Note that the fixture frame is now disconnected from ground, so it will not trip the breaker.
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The fixture was swinging loosely, and contacted the ladder, which was leaning on the conduit (arcing was found on the ladder)
The electrician was either startled by arcing or received a shock while working on the wiring.
This caused a fall as he was not wearing any fall protection.
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He fell through this gap in the platform and a further 6m below, receiving a fatal injury to the head .
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Safe Work PracticesIncident Learnings
• Hazardous Task Analysis– Identify all hazards - shock, arc, fall– Identify all mitigating measures – e.g. PPE, fall
arrest, grounding, special procedures– Avoid energized work
• Fixture can be checked on the bench• Wire continuity can be checked de-energized
• Use correct equipment– Fall arrest– Non-conductive ladder– Gloves, etc.
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Safe Work PracticesDesign Improvements
• Easily located disconnects– Individual fixture disconnects– Plugs / receptacles located near fixtures– Switches / disconnect terminals in fixtures
• Automatic switch disconnects in HazLoc fixtures• Drawings/Documentation
– Up-to-date identification of distribution panels– Up-to-date identification of lighting circuits in those
panels, and at those panels• Lockable circuits in panels• Use lower voltage lamps
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Safe Work PracticesDesign Improvements
• Accessible Locations– Several methods available to move the fixture to
the worker (rather than worker to the fixture)• Winch poles, rotating poles, stanchion mount sliders
– Use existing walkways / platforms / stairs• Mount fixtures so they are easily reachable
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Rotating/Swivel Pole
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Conclusions and Recommendations• Incidents
– Better awareness of lighting as a causal factor– Systems which enable identifying lighting factors – Recording, tracking and trending data– Disseminate learnings– Take corrective actions
– Mobile equipment lighting incidents are higher(the data presented was from fixed facilities)
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Conclusions and Recommendations
• Design– Illumination levels– Ensure proper interpretation of standards
• Maintained minimum levels• Consider Glare issues
– Consider operability and maintenance requirements
– Lighting obstructions
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Conclusions and Recommendations
• Maintenance of Illumination levels– Lighting surveys– Group re-lamping & controls– Consider temporary obstructions
• E.g. hoardings, scaffolds, etc.
• Safe Work Practices– Education– Recognition and management of the hazards
#1 - Avoid Energized workFalls, LO/TO, HazLoc, Task Analysis, Tools, etc.
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Case Study 2• Not originally part of this presentation• Not Lighting related• This incident demonstrates why
– We cannot rely on one barrier to prevent incidents– We need to use many barriers, including:
• Inherent safety• Training• Work Practices & Procedures• PPE
– Things Can Go Wrong!
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Case Study 2• An experienced contract line crew just finished
installing a 25 KV cable from an overhead power line to a transformer– Safety Std’s existed – contractor was not informed– Site Prime Contractor thought Utility was in control
• I.e. responsibilities (safety/work) were not clear• Tailgate meeting held – Line Crew only• Numerous communication breakdowns
Eng. Contractor, Prime Contractor, Owner, Line Crew, Utility
– Crew had tapped the 25 KV line energized• Verbal approval by the Utility
– Line Crew and Utility worked together in many areas• Owner was not aware of, nor the Prime Contractor
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Case Study 2• Late in the day / long weekend / pressured to finish• A test was required to verify voltage and phasing
– A Utility req't. – not an Owner or Eng. Contractor req't.
• The lineman: – Had a backhoe operator hold a 750 V meter– Put on 17 KV gloves– Then tested the 25 KV terminals at the transformer
• The result:– Fatal shock to backhoe operator (worked with for 20 yrs.)– Shock (step & touch) to observing apprentice
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Primary side of 25,000 / 600 v transformer
Primary-sidedoor was open
Secondary-sidedoor (other end)was locked
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Amprobe meter and leads- rated for 750 volts
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Points of contact with leads
Primary-side fuses and bushings
Burn mark (from watch?)
Burn mark (from glasses?)
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Positional Re-Enactment
Worker # 1- uninjured
Worker # 3- injured
Worker # 2- deceased
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