Arc blast PPE understanding

[iwire]

Yes ,Yes i know, one should only work hot when its 'infeasible' to turn off the power. Aparrently this was in a 'critical care area' of the hospital. So love to hear from others.

OK, I waited till you got a lot of replies, now a little on 'infeasible'. :smile:

Infeasible does not just mean, hard, or inconvenient. If something happens the people who made the decision will have to prove it was in fact infeasible

Several Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals have held that to be successful, an economic feasibility argument must demonstrate both 1.) it is extremely costly for the employer to comply with the standard and 2.) that the employer cannot absorb the cost and remain in business. Furthermore, where technological infeasibility is argued, the employer is still obligated to comply to the greatest extent possible even if it cannot comply completely. So, if the safety standard is technologically infeasible as written, the employer is not excused from employing any safety measures whatsoever.

From here WHEN ARE SAFETY MEASURES "INFEASIBLE"?

 

[joebell]

Very informative Bob, thanks for the link.

Joe

 

[brother]

OK, I waited till you got a lot of replies, now a little on 'infeasible'. :smile:

Infeasible does not just mean, hard, or inconvenient. If something happens the people who made the decision will have to prove it was in fact infeasible





From here WHEN ARE SAFETY MEASURES "INFEASIBLE"?

Interesting link. Thanks!! well this project being at a hospital and the claim that it was 'critical care', they may have a good arguement. Even though I can see where someone can counter and ask 'why cant it be done after hours/weekends and have some patients moved to a different location??"

They might claim space and money being the problem.

 

[zog]

Infeasible does not just mean, hard, or inconvenient. If something happens the people who made the decision will have to prove it was in fact infeasible

From here WHEN ARE SAFETY MEASURES "INFEASIBLE"?

Great link Bob, I will be referencing that one in the future.

 

[Jon456]

Yes ,Yes i know, one should only work hot when its 'infeasible' to turn off the power. Aparrently this was in a 'critical care area' of the hospital. So love to hear from others.

If the power must be left on because it's serving a Critical Care area of a hospital, then I'm guessing they still had patients in that area dependent on that panel's power (maybe some even relying on the power for "critical" life support). So what would happen to all those patients if, during the servicing of the panel, a mishap occurred and all the power was lost? I think the scramble to move and save a lot of "critical" patients would be far more risky and problematic than the orderly transfer of those patients to other areas *before* the electrical work was started.