Tutorials
The IEEE IAS Electrical Safety Workshop is pleased to offer six (6) tutorials. Three (3) will be presented on Tuesday morning and three (3) will be presented on Friday afternoon.
| # | Day | Presenters | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuesday, March 4, 8:00AM to 12:00PM | Mike Doherty, Rene Graves, Lanny Floyd, Nehad El-Sherif | Electrical Safety Management Best Practices | Except for the front line electrical workers day to day activities, it is not just about electrical safety task execution and expertise, it is mostly about “Electrical Safety Management” - Best Practices for everyone else. What are the foundations of outstanding electrical safety management systems? What consensus standards can and are being used and how? The genesis of Shock and Arc Flash Risk Assessment Procedures from IEC 31000 to CSA Z1002 to CSA Z462-24 to NFPA 70E - 2024 and the massive potential safety and business implications to all other hazards, as well as electrical, at site within your overall H&S managed system. How to use the basic Risk Assessment Procedure template best practice from CSA Z1002:12 (R2022) - Occupational Health And Safety - Hazard Identification And Elimination And Risk Assessment And Control at the “Design Phase” of any daily or new electrical job planning requirements to get the traction you need. Consider in a fully involved and participatory workshop format a sales technique to execute a comprehensive “business case” for your electrical safety management system. How a technical and / or safety expert can use a leading edge sales process to sell your electrical safety continual improvement requirements to your accountable senior executive team. Interactive and engaging. Come and roll your sleeves up and get involved. Group work and presentations by participant leaders as mandatory. |
| 2 | Tuesday, March 4, 8:00AM to 12:00PM | Leslie Newman-White | How to Knock Your Presentation Out of the Park When You Aren’t a Designated Hitter – or Presentation Strategies for the Rest of Us | Everyone, at some point, must make a presentation to others. Some have a gift for presenting a compelling message that resonates with the audience – and then there’s the rest of us. When the message and/or audience is important, you invest your time and attention prior to taking the stage. You research the topic, prepare your presentation, and often submit it in advance. You know the content inside out and the only thing that remains is to deliver it. You’ve got this! Now, think about ALL the presentations you’ve attended and realize those presenters had the same thought before they stepped up to the plate. Did they hit a homerun, or just a single or a double? Experience tells you homeruns are special and infrequent but are not limited to those with natural talent. Becoming a better presenter is within your reach, whether you’re a rookie or veteran. The things that cause presentations to be less than a homerun can be identified and adjusted. This tutorial provides concrete solutions for presenters to maximize their message, avoid pitfalls, and knock the presentation out of the park. During this tutorial, attendees will: • Discover insights on intentional messaging and content mapping. • Work through practical activities for improving visuals and tightening the delivery. • Model techniques for keeping the audience engaged. • Learn rehearsal strategies that make an impact and ways to make them happen. |
| 3 | Tuesday, March 4, 8:00AM to 12:00PM | Christopher J. DeWaal, Mike Bukovitz | Application of Arc Flash Relays and Arc Quencher Systems in Low-Voltage & Medium Voltage Electrical Systems | The National Electrical Code gives requirements and acceptable methods for arc flash mitigation in paragraphs 240.67 and 240.87. The acceptable methods include relaying systems and active arc flash mitigation systems. As the National Electrical Code is not a design guide, the acceptable methods are given with none of the specifics on how those systems need to be specified or how they operate. This tutorial will describe several different arc flash relay and arc quenching system, where they need to be installed on an electrical system to be the most effective, what parts and pieces need to be included in any of the mitigation system, and how the overall power distribution system will work with the various different mitigation systems applied. |
| 4 | Friday March 7, 1:00PM to 5:00PM | William N. Martin | Hazard Identification: Improving Predictive Processing | Reducing incidents and accidents in the future will require a basic understanding of the latest science in what drives human decisions. This paper contains the formulas and ingredients necessary to create an environment that enhances predictions of error and risk in high consequence and high-risk situations. The current persistent statistics for serious injury and fatalities in the electrical industry suggest that new methods of transfer of information are needed. The translation of data and information to provide safe work alternatives may be enhanced by removing invisible barriers to higher cognitive states and collective intelligence. Attention to efforts that either enhance human potential or suppress it, can significantly change outcomes. The human biology of being connected is different than the biology of being divided. The biochemicals released in anger are the same for 8 billion people on the planet. The latest science provides new answers to old questions. Are we creating an engaged workforce? What happens when we increase connection and engagement in a psychologically safe environment? The author has derived a formula from academic studies of human behavior. The formula is tested, evaluated and initiated by the workforce. |
| 5 | Friday March 7, 1:00PM to 5:00PM | Caitlyn Wininger | Designing Electrical Safety Programs to Protect All - Electrical & Non-Electrical Workers | Electrically safe work practices, training, audits, PPE, tools... Do you know if your Electrical Safety Program (ESP) adequately covers all the required topics in compliance with the NFPA 70E? Better yet, does your ESP detail applicable safety requirements for day-to-day tasks of electrical and non-electrical workers alike? Many ESPs are starting to elaborate on “Qualified Person” requirements, but those aren’t the only employees at risk. Over two-thirds (2/3) of workplace electrical fatalities are attributed to non-electrical workers. These are people whose job duties do not seem to put them at a significant risk of electrical shock or an arc flash event, and yet they make up the majority of the electrical injuries and fatalities in the workplace. The NFPA 70E requires both Qualified and Unqualified employees to be aware of the hazards and know how to address them in their roles. In this tutorial, we will explore how to design comprehensive Electrical Safety Programs to cover everyone in the workplace. Electrical safety isn’t just for electricians, it’s for everybody. |
| 6 | Friday March 7, 1:00PM to 5:00PM | Jay Prigmore, Zarheer Jooma | Catastrophic Electrical Failure - Now What? - A Guide to Incident Response, Failure Analysis and Potential Legal Proceedings. | This tutorial will cover 3-4 different types of electrical equipment incidents that can range from a SWGR arc flash incident, transformer gassing issue, generator stator-to-core failure, and an electric shock incident. Itl provides the background to the incidents, discusses the different responses, and explains why these responses are necessary. The Do’s and Don’ts both from a safety, engineering, operations, management, and legal perspective will be presented. Failure Analysis tools and Root Cause Analysis tools such as the Five Why’s method and 8D method serve the basis to identify root causes and prevent recurrent failures. Best practices regarding each case histories initial incident’s response, securing the scene, evidence collection and retention, multi-party inspections (both non-destructive and destructive), and potential testimony concerns will be discussed. Communication methods best practices during a forensic investigation and access control for internal documents are also discussed. This tutorial was presented at ESW 2024 and this will be a repeat of that same tutorial. |
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