Quarinteen, requirments, locks, access etc.

[ericmark]

I had a problem with a smashed plug, I don't normally get involved with electricial work any more, and did not have my qualifications logged so insurance would not have covered, and I wanted a change from electrics, but there seemed to be no set up for anyone to quarinteen the item.

I have always been on the other side of fence, and my office was always locked and was the quarinteen area, and there was always an electrician on duty, where I work now the electricians are volunteers so often no electrician on duty.

So wondered how other organisations organise quarinteen?

 

[JohnW2]

I had a problem with a smashed plug, I don't normally get involved with electricial work any more, and did not have my qualifications logged so insurance would not have covered, and I wanted a change from electrics, but there seemed to be no set up for anyone to quarinteen the item. ... I have always been on the other side of fence, and my office was always locked and was the quarinteen area, and there was always an electrician on duty, where I work now the electricians are volunteers so often no electrician on duty. ... So wondered how other organisations organise quarinteen?

This seems like essentially a bureaucratic question, not an 'electrical one', and certainly of no relevance to DIYers.

However, I'm a bit confused. If, in any environment, an item of electrical equipment becomes damaged to the extent of being unusable (e.g. "a smashed plug"), one would surelyt just dispose of it (appropriately and 'safely'), rather than 'put it into quarantine", wouldn't one?

Kind Regards, John

 

[ericmark]

If a grinder for example has a damaged plug, we want to replace the plug not dump the whole grinder, but two things, one the person replacing the plug needs to be qualified to do the work, and once done it needs the inspection and testing recording.

So there is a time between being damaged and being returned to service and during this time it needs to be in quarinteen and the fact recorded.

When I was a full time electrician we did have items waiting for parts, so in quarinteen but I put it there and removed it once repaired, but here slightly diffrent as no full time electrician so some one else needs to place it in quarinteen.

I am sure many firms have the same problem. And have to comply with regulations to satisfy HSE, so wondering how they do it.

 

[JohnW2]

If a grinder for example has a damaged plug, we want to replace the plug not dump the whole grinder ...

Fair enough, but the damaged plug could surely be removed and disposed of (appropriately) and then the grinder (without a plug, hence not usable) could just 'remain around' (not necessarily 'in quarantine') until someone suitably qualified replaces the plug and undertakes required testing/whatever, couldn't they?

If it's a large piece of equipment which couldn't reasonably be moved into your 'quarantine room', presumably all one can do is somehow make it impossible to use the equipment (perhaps by removing its plug!) until it can be repaired?

I am sure many firms have the same problem. And have to comply with regulations to satisfy HSE, so wondering how they do it.

Again, fair enough but, as I've said, it's really a bureaucratic/regulatory question, which I doubt that (m)any people in a DIY forum would be able to answer.

As with so many things, I would imagine that the answer probably ought to be based primarily on 'common sense', shouldn't it?

Kind Regards, John