Be honest - How many Pro Sparks here ALWAYS do this?

[securespark]

 

[Lectrician]

I remove the tails

 

[RF Lighting]

I always lock off if I am not working near the point of isolation.

Where is your prohibition notice anyway?

 

[Tim 77]

A bit of tape with "Do not switch on" stuck across it although I do have a sign in the van that I can hang on the switch/board if need be with similar wording on it.

 

[RF Lighting]

 

[Tim 77]

 

[Adam_151]

One I was using the other day in college had been altered from "Danger, men working on equipment", to "Danger, men ****ing on equipment"

 

[electronicsuk]

One I was using the other day in college had been altered from "Danger, men working on equipment", to "Danger, men **** on equipment"

Yeah, we have a few like that at work too. Another one that springs to mind is "NO danger of men working"

 

[viewer]

With those switches a long (socket front face attachment) bolt will go all the way through. Spin on two nuts and tighten together. Tag will go over the bolt. Not quite as good as a lock, but always to hand and no keys to lose.

 

[jeepmadmike]

i Lock stuff off all the time, but i would not trust the design of locking attachment show in the picture. I have in the past had a lock and hasp removed and a circuit energised, it resulted in a big bang and some welding. I was not happy but very lucky, the 240mm cable i had isolated and was moving when the end of it exploded

 

[securespark]

You wanna sue the cretin that took that off. The thing is, it is obviously there for a reason, and if someone has forced a locked device off a switch, that is crazy.

I always lock off like this, not just for fuseboard changes but any job. I usually attach the dolly lock to the mcb lever.

Or, take out the fuse & pocket it, lock the cabinet lid if it's a MEMERA or similar unit, even lock the cellar or garage (as long as I'm the only one with the key!)

Some companies I know dismiss staff instantly if they have suffered a shock.

 

[jeepmadmike]

there was alot of paperwork after the my moment. It was a tunneling construction site with about 50 men there at the time, the lock (and men working notice) was fitted on a mobile distribution unit which was not in a restricted area. We never found the crim

 

[kai]

Also connect the output of the breaker, with a short piece of green and yellow 10mm, to the main earthing bar inside the CU, as well as padlocking it - it prepares it for one of the essential earthing tests you need to do when commissioning the works.

 

[plugwash]

Some companies I know dismiss staff instantly if they have suffered a shock.

That sounds like a recipie for both unfair dismissal lawsuits (can you prove that the shock was the fault of the person who got shocked) and for people to cover up accidents.

 

[securespark]

The philosophy is that you are responsible for putting procedures in place to prevent your recieving a shock & therefore if you do, you have not followed those procedures correctly.

I do however accept that in extreme cases, it may be that you have followed procedure, but a scenario like that which happened to jmm could arise.