SAFETY & SECURITY NEWSLETTER

February 2015 Issue

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CONTENTS

1 Gas Cylinder Safety

2 Road Safety Theme-Jan’15

3 Lessons Learned

4 Safety training

5 Emergency Preparedness & Exercises

6 Corporate Safety highlights

7 High Visibility Safety Tours

8 R&R for Safety – Jan’14

9 Root cause analysis (RCA) of incidents –Jan’14

10 Security Highlights

Thought for the month

Safe action brings lasting satisfaction!!!

1. Gas Cylinder Safety

Be certain cylinders are properly

colored & labeled

Strap cylinders to

cart before

transporting is

attempted

Do not roll or drop cylinders

Keep cylinders

vertical

Cylinders to be secured

through proper fencing &

chaining

Store flammable

gases apart from

oxygen

The storage room shall

be of fire resistant

construction

Open flames, lights, mobile phones, lighting

of fires or any hot work shall be prohibited

near cylinders

Cylinders shall be stored

in cool, dry & ventilated

area and away from

potential sources of heat

Flashback

arrestors should

be used on both

sides i.e., from

the gauge as well

as the gas cutting

torch

Regularly check hoses and

equipment for leaks

Do not run over any gas hose

Light flames promptly to prevent any build up

of explosive gases

Be sure that valves and

regulators are closed

when cylinder is not in

use

Do not use any

petroleum product to

lubricate a gas

cylinder

Remember – No smoking!

2. Road Safety Theme – Jan’15

Road safety theme was observed across divisions in Tata Power. Below are some of

the glances of the same.

CGPL

Inauguration of Road Safety week

program by lighting the lamp

Motor cycle rally was organized on site for

mass awareness

reflective tape on Buffalos horn for visibility Health and eye checkup camp was

organised

Defensive Driving awareness Program was organised for drivers, employees and

Housewives

Safety skit on “Sadak Suraksha, Jeevan Raksha” was played by workers about

importance of wearing Helmet. Prizes were distributed to winners of the Safety Quiz

competition and Winners of Safety Poster of school children.

MEPL

Safety Flag March on account of Road Safety

Campaign

Training for Drivers on Defense Driving

MPL

Display of banners at various location Safety awareness session to local people

Distribution Safety T Shirts & Defensive driving

training to Hywa Drivers

Road safety training to employees

Road Safety Quiz for Own Employees Award Distribution to Quiz Winners

Wind Operations

Session on ‘Road Safety Awareness’ at Gadag

wind farm

Session on ‘Road Safety’ at Sadawagapur wind

farm

Session on ‘Road Safety’ at

Agaswadi wind farm

Session on ‘Road Safety’ at Supa

wind farm

Session on ‘Road Safety’ at

Visapur wind farm

WR Projects

Road Safety awareness programme

3. Lessons Learned

3.1 Fall from height while chimney painting

Division : Trombay

Date of Incident : 14th January 2015

Type of incident : Fatal

Incident Time :14:10 Hours

Description of Incident:

Unit#6 chimney painting was in progress

between 2nd and 3rd platform. Painter was (Mr.

Shaktipada Jana) doing painting, while sitting

inside an electrically driven specialized cage.

At around 14.15 hrs, the cage started falling

down rapidly and landed on 2nd platform,

leading to injuries. He was immediately taken

to Trombay Occupational Health Centre (OHC).

At this time he was conscious, oriented and

following the command. He was given First Aid

treatment at OHC -Trombay and immediately

referred to Joy Hospital for further investigation

& treatment. He was succumbed to his injuries

at 17.15 hrs.

Root Cause Analysis

Human Factors

Competency of the stake holder supervisor / sub contractor

Physical Factors

Inappropriate Selection of Pulley

Failure of pulley

System Factors

Availability /Use of Lift plan / Method statement

Recommendations:

1. Identify department wise all high risk activities in division and maintain a register for the

same.

2. Detailed SOP / Method Statement/ Lifting Plan including HIRA / JSA for each High risk

activity has to be developed by team of experts (division) jointly with working party and

third party consultants,(if required)

3. Purchase request should include the complete approved SOP, Method Statement and

Lifting Plan for all high risk jobs.

4. For all high risk activities, subsequent documents in the chain shall be flagged as “high

risk”.

5. If any high risk SOP / Method statement / Lifting Plan needs to be revised by the working

party, the same shall be vetted by TPCL experts / third party prior to the execution.

6. Religious implementation of CSM (6 step) process shall be ensured for all high risk work

orders and it should be flagged as High risk job.

7. Training on rigging practices and Lift Plan must be arranged for Tata Power Engineers /

Supervisors / Riggers

8. No Modification shall be permitted on the rigging setup or lifting tools & tackles without

approval of the TPCL expert or Job executing Engineer in charge. All modification to be

approved in writing.

9. Technical competency assessment for safety critical jobs must be carried out jointly by

job executing engineer, contractor Engineer and relevant competent person.

10. Only approved competent people can be deputed for the job.

11. The rigging setup shall be inspected / tested by in-house executing engineer or

inspection department or third party consultant to confirm mechanical integrity prior to

commencement of work. The rigging setup shall also be inspected at regular frequency

(as specified in SOP) to confirm consistency / quality.

Equipment design / engineering shall be such as to ensure adequate redundancy (at

least two parallel systems) of critical components to avoid catastrophic consequences in

case of single point failure.

12. All high risk activities must be monitored & adequate competent supervision must be

ensured

3.2 Derrick contact with live HT busbar of feeding transformer

Division : Transmission

Date of Incident : 11th December 2014

Type of incident : Occurrence

Incident Time :14:09 Hours

Description of Incident:

Derrick erection work for replacing CVT for 110 kV Parel – Carnac line was in progress.

While lifting the derrick, the tile on concrete floor on which it was placed broke and the

derrick tilted and came on HT bus bar of transformer group # 4 and resulted in the

tripping of transformer group # 4, HT breaker feeding transformer # 7. No shut down to

consumers, as transformer 6 & 7 were parallel.

Root Cause Analysis

Human Factors

1.3 Violation by supervisor: Inadequate supervision and ineffective coordination at site during

the job

Physical Factors

2.3 Improperly prepared equipment: Derrick was placed on tile and strength of tile was

inadequate to sustain derrick load

4.5 Inadequate work place layout: Derrick was not anchored from all directions to restrict its

unwanted movement during lifting.

SYSTEM FACTORS

4.4 Inadequate identification of worksite / job hazards:

Outage of equipment in affected area not taken

Improper selection of ground

1.2 inadequate vertical communication between supervisor and person: No evidence of

toolbox talk

2.2 Inadequate contractor pre-qualifications:

Workers engaged in work were not skilled and trained for the work

Training records for technical / safety not available for workers engaged in the job

Recommendations

JSA to be signed and properly implemented during work execution.

Contractor’s workers shall undergo formal safety training before engaging them in the

work.

Adequate manpower to be made available for the job as planned.

Record of tool box talk to be maintained and steps of JSA to be explained in toolbox talk.

Competent supervision to remain present at site during work. Supervisor involved for

derrick erection shall have rigging knowledge prior to undertake the job.

Stability of floor/ground to be ensured during beginning the job as well as during the

work

Derrick shall be secured from all four direction to avoid unwanted movements.

Outage for affected area to be taken as mentioned in JSA. In such cases where outage

is not possible for affected area, other best practices like use of mechanized Jig etc. to

manage the hazards related to live system to be followed.

Fixed type of earthing arrangement with nut bolt to be made to avoid possibility of

detachment due to movement of Derrick.

4. Safety training

Basic Fire & Life Support Training Programme for office based

employees at Bombay House

First Aid Training was provided by

St John Ambulance Association at

MEPL Nellore

Trombay

Training on LOTO, Chlorination awareness, Working at height, PTW, Mobile Crane Safety

trainings were conducted for own employees. Apart from Safety Induction (picture), first aid,

electrical awareness, Safety training & IMS awareness training, Working At Height trainings

conducted during the month for Contractor employees.

Wind Operations

Session on ‘Supervision for Safety’ at

Poolavadi Wind farm

Session on ‘Supervision for Safety’ at ‘NSW’

wind farm

Session on ‘BCP & Emergency Handling’ at

Visapur wind farm

Session on ‘PTW’ at Dalot wind farm

WR projects

Fire protection training

5. Emergency Preparedness & Exercises

MEPL Nellore

Wind Operations

Participated in Mutual Aid Meeting at Simhapuri

Energy Limited and prepared the draft for Mutual

Aid Agreement

Supported the neighbouring Krishnapatnam Port

fire incident under Mutual Aid Scheme

Scenario of ‘Snake Bite’ in Sadawagapur Wind

farm

Scenario of ‘Electrocution’ in

Nivade Wind farm

Scenario of ‘Electrocution at

WTG’ in Sadawagapur Wind farm

Scenario of ‘Threat of Violence’

in Supa Wind farm

Scenario of ‘Vehicle Incidence’ in

Sadawagapur Wind farm

6. Corporate Safety Highlights – Jan’15

Conducted Weekly, Monthly & quarterly field safety audit at following sites:

1. DCS (N L Complex sub-station 11kV /433V at Dahisar (North Zone), Panchsmruti

22kV / 433 volts sub-station at Hiranandani, Powai (East Zone Cable), East

Zone(Godrej Green Ville Sub Station)

2. Transmission (Chembur, Carnac)

3. Transmission Projects (220kV Saki – Salsette cable project at Saki, 110 kV GIS

BKC, Powai, Mahalakshmi GIS).

4. DSS (JVLR- Excavation for HT cable, East Zone[ZariMari Devi Mandir Trust Kurla

(w)], Namrata CHS, Goregaon (East)

5. Trombay

6. Khopoli

7. Conducted Office safety audit at Parel, SED office-Mumbai

Conducted Office Safety Inspection QAIT department-Trombay Station ‘A’, AOC job – Vashi Colony renovation, Electra, Hardik Heritage, Ramtekdi, Tata Colony Hostel Blds, Vashi colony & Guest Houses.

Conducted Rescue training to Trombay fire staff. Corporate OHS members participated in Safety Bipartite Committee Meeting of Maithon,

Transmission, DCS, and Wind operations.

7. High Visibility Safety Tour

High Visibility Safety tours are conducted by cross Divisional heads with an objective to:

i. To demonstrate leadership and commitment towards Occupational Health and Safety

ii. To encourage informal discussion between Divisional management, employees and contractors

iii. To improve the safety culture and behavior of employees iv. To identify / sharing best practices & also identify improvement areas for

Occupational Health and Safety Management

High visibility Safety tour at MEPL Nellore by Mr. Namjoshi Vijay V, Chief- Jojobera Station

8. R&R for Safety – Jan’15

Divisional Safety Champions

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Mr. Tushar Navinbhai Tripathi, Group Head – CHP is Divisional Safety Champion for January 2015. He has reported 21 unsafe conditions during the month.

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Mr. Pramod Alva, Asset Manager-Gadag of Wind Operations is Divisional Safety Champion for January 2015. He has reported 07 unsafe conditions during the month.

9. Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of incidents – Jan’15

Human Factors Physical Factors

System Factors

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

40.0%

45.0%

Feb'14

309

Mar'14

472

Apr'14

369

May'14

283

Jun'14

207

July'14

319

Aug'14

284

Sep'14

283

Oct'14

205

Nov'14

263

Dec'14

218

Jan'15

209

Ca

us

es

Human Factors TrendProcedural non compliance No/ improper use of tools or equipment

Not using protective methods Inattention/ Lack of awareness

Total no.of causes

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

40.0%

45.0%

50.0%

Feb'14

168

Mar'14

195

Apr'14

179

May'14

140

Jun'14

127

Jul'14

228

Aug'14

167

Sep'14

187

Oct'14

125

Nov'14

158

Dec'14

137

Jan'15

128

Cau

ses

Physical Factors Trend

Inadequate/ defective tools, equipment & vehicle Work exposure to

Workplace environment layout Inadequate/ defective protective system

Total no. of causes Total no. of causes

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

40.0

45.0

50.0

Feb'14

120

Mar'14

213

Apr'14

202

May'14

183

Jun'14

111

Jul'14

261

Aug'14

131

Sep'14

263

Oct'14

121

Nov'14

144

Dec'14

118

Jan'15

121

System Factors Trend

Skill Level

Management / Supervision / Employee Leadership

Engineering / Design

Work Planning

Purchasing, Material Handling & Material Control

Tools & Equipment

Communication

Mental State

Note: Insignificant causes(consistently less than 5%) arenot shown

Total no. of causes

10. Security Highlights

I. Trombay Celebration of 26th Jan 2015 at Trombay Stn B. National Flag unfurled by Op Manager.

Road Safety week was conducted from 11 Jan to 17 Jan in Trombay.

BCP Audit of Tata Power conducted as on 23 Jan 15 at Trombay by the Audit team of BSI

to certify as ISO 22301: 2012 company successfully.

Mock Drill under Eastern Region Police QRT conducted at Trombay on 15 Jan 15.

II. MPL(Maithon)

REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION Unfurling of national flag by the CEO-Mr Chandrashekhsr.

SCRAP RECOVERED BY SECURITY

OJT of outsourced guards.

III. Jojobera

Republic Day celebrated with enthusiasm & vigour at Jojobera

Republic Day at neighbouring village of Jojobera attended by the Head Security.

IV. CGPL Mundra:

Celebration of Republic Day on 26th Jan 15 at CGPL including family & Children.

VISIT OF CISF COMMANDANT on 15 Jan 15. PRIOR TO CISF DEPLOYMENT AT CGPL.

Visit of AIO –CID, in context of declaration of CGPL plant as prohibited Area.

Road Safety Day observed in CGPL from 11-17 Jan 15.

V. Tiruldih Projects:

Mr DB SANTARA Head Tiruldih: unfurling the national flag on Republic Day at Project site office Ranchi.

VI. Bhira

OBSERVATION OF SECURITY VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK-Mock drill/Awareness Training/Lecture (Lecture By Social Activist on Women security)

VII. Bhivpuri

SECURITY OJT by Bhivpuri Security Head for outsourced Guards.

VIII. Khopoli

REPUBLIC DAY- UNFURLING OF NATIONAL FLAG BY Mr. Mahesh Paranjpe at KHOPOLI

on 26/1/15.

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