The purpose of an electrical safety inspection or audit is to identify potentially hazardous electrical situations and provide corrective actions for these situations.
Scope of Electrical Safety Audit include:
- Physical inspection of the plant with reference to applicable Indian standards, Indian Electricity Rules and other relevant codes of Practice & identifying electrical hazards (shocks, fires, explosion, overloading).
- Review and provide corrective actions for electrical safety work processes.
- Review and provide corrective actions for electrical maintenance tools.
- Reviewing the role of electrical safety in the total safety system.
- Review of protection devices / system of the electrical installation.
- Review of the earthing system including earth resistance measurements.
- Review of adequacy of cables, motors, etc. based on actual load current measurements and cable current carrying capacities.
- Examination of adequacy of plant lightning protection system as per national and international standards to suggest recommendations as per applicable standards.
- Review of the hazardous area classification carried out in the plant as per IS: 5572 and to review the selection of flameproof equipment in the plant.
- Identify potential cost savings and efficiencies through modifications of electrical system.