Brief Description of Best
Practice: :
This guide provides a tool for measuring
the electrical severity of an electrical energy event based
on an evaluation of a series of electrical factors.
Why the best practice
was used:
The DOE/EFCOG Electrical Safety
Improvement Project developed seven distinct project areas
for improving electrical safety. The task team for Project
Area #4, “Performance Measurement,” committed to submit a
recommended best practice to the EFCOG Integrated Safety
Management Working Group for posting on the EFCOG Best
Practices website addressing a tool that can be consistently
applied to allow a DOE organization to compare relative
performance against itself.
What are the benefits of
the best practice:
Provide DOE contractors with a tool to
determine severity of an electrical energy event and
establish a standardized approach for tracking and trending
electrical energy events across the DOE complex.
What problems/issues
were associated with the Best Practice:
The DOE/EFCOG Electrical Safety
Improvement Project identified a need for a more consistent
approach to tracking and trending electrical energy events.
How the Best Practice
implemented:
The subject Best Practice has been
reviewed by the EFCOG Integrated Safety Management Working
Group and made available to the EFCOG member sites for
consideration in their electrical safety programs.
Description of process
experience using the Best Practice:
There is no operating experience with the
subject Best Practice at this time.
