KAPCO Safety Rules

General Provisions
• Interpretations • Examples
- When “shall” is used - e.g. “shall be tagged”
in these rules with no - “Shall be locked, where
qualification, this practicable.”
indicates a mandatory
requirement with no
discretion permitted
and no judgment to
be made.
General Provisions
• General Requirements • Examples
- All persons with
responsibilities under
these Safety Rules must
possess sufficient
knowledge and / or
experience to avoid
DANGER. They must
receive training for the
roles they are to perform
under the safety Rules.
General Safety
• In addition to the • Examples
requirements for • All the persons should be
establishing Safety from using PPEs (Helmet,
the system specified in Safety shoes, Overall etc)
these Safety Rules,
GENERAL SAFETY must • House keeping should be
be maintained at all times maintained (working
at and in the vicinity of place should not be
the place of work. slippery)
Supervisors must ensure • After execution of the
that General Safety is work cotton rags to be
established, monitored removed from the work
and maintained. site etc
7 Basic Safety Rules of Kapco
Rule No.1: Application of Rules to all
Plant & Apparatus producing energy
• Examples
The Safety Rules shall be • Safety Rules apply on
applied to all electrical FOTPs, Booster Pumps,
and mechanical items of Demin Plant etc which
Plant and Apparatus are indirectly involved in
whose ultimate purpose energy generation
is to supply energy • Safety Rules do not apply
on equipment used for
grass cutting etc
Rule 2: Approach to Exposed High
voltage conductors and insulators
• Persons shall not allow • Examples
any part of their body to • The conductors in the
approach exposed 132 & 220 KV Switchyard
conductors designed for are examples of Exposed
and operated at, High High Voltage Conductors
Voltage, or insulators
supporting such • 11 KV Overhead Line for
Kot Sutan Water Intake is
conductors, within safety an exposed conductor
distances, unless the
conductors have been
isolated and Danger have
been excluded
 Safety Distances

Rated System Safety Distance

Voltage (KV) from Live HV
Conductors (m)
Up to 33 0.8
66 1.0
132 1.4
275 2.4
400 3.1
Rule 3: Safety Precautions for work on
or adjacent to plant and HV Apparatus
3.1) When work is to be • Examples
carried out on or adjacent • Access Certificate in case
to plant and /or HV if grass cutting in the
Apparatus and the means switchyard, for Paint
of achieving Safety from purpose or writing of
the System is by limiting Number on any
equipment etc
the work or the work
area, instructions clearly
defining the limits shall be
given
3.2 • Examples
• Bushing cleaning of Unit
When limiting the work or Step up Transformers
the work area is (e.g. 13BAT01) etc is an
insufficient to achieve example that addresses
Safety from the System, safety precautions for
it shall be achieved by work on HV Apparatus
the application of the • Cleaning of Filters is an
following requirements example that address
safety precautions for
work on Plant
3.2
i. The Plant and/or HV Apparatus shall be released from the
service by the Plant Operator, who shall record its release
ii. The Plant and/or HV Apparatus shall be isolated. When Isolating
Devices are used they shall, where practicable, be immobilized and
locked. All points of isolations shall be tagged.
iii. For work on HV Apparatus, Primary Earths shall be applied within
the isolated zone and, where reasonably practicable, immobilized
and locked. All Primary Earths shall be tagged
iv. The contents of the Plant and/or HV Apparatus shall be adjusted to
a level which avoids Danger and where drains could give rise to
Danger they shall be tagged, and where practicable, Locked in the
appropriate position
3.2
v. Where Danger could arise from pressurization, the Plant and/or HV
Apparatus shall be vented to atmospheric pressure and where
vents could give rise to Danger they shall be tagged and where
practicable, Locked in the appropriate position
vi. Where internal access is required, the Plant and/or HV Apparatus
shall be purged if the residue of contents could cause Danger. For
Example, for working in condenser air purging is done and
Chlorine Lines are purged with nitrogen etc
vii. Where Danger could arise from the release of stored energy,
action shall be taken to contain or dissipate this energy safely e.g.
11 KV breaker, after being racked out, is given command of “ON
and OFF” to release energy of spring force
3.2
viii. A Permit shall be issued
ix. When Danger from induced voltages could
arise during the course of the work, Drain
earths shall be applied. For Example, to work
on the far end of 11 KV Overhead Line for Kot
Sutan Water Intake, Drain earth is applied
near point of work.
x. any additional precautions required to be
taken during the course of work to maintain
Safety from the System shall be specified in
the permit.
3.3
When work is to be carried out on Plant and/or
HV Apparatus, and it is essential to restore
supplies for certain work during the period the
Permit is in force, the following additional
Precautions shall be applied:
i. An Approved written procedure specifying the
requirements necessary to maintain Safety
from the System whilst supplies are restored,
shall be provided and observed
ii. No other Permit shall be in force on the same
items of Plant/or HV Apparatus
3.4
When testing is to be carried out on Plant and/or HV Apparatus,
supplies may be restored or Primary Earths removed when
necessary to facilitate such testing and Safety from the System shall
be achieved by the application of the following additional
precautions:
• The Plant and/or HV Apparatus on which testing is to take place
and nature of testing shall be defined on the permit
• No work other than work of minor nature essential to the
completion of testing may be carried out
• Essential supplies which are necessary for testing to take place and
which may be restored shall be defined on the Permit
• Primary Earths applied within the Isolated System, which may be
removed to facilitate testing provided Safety from the System is
maintained, shall be identified on the Permit
3.4

v. No other Permit shall be in force on the same items of

Plant and/or HV Apparatus
vi. The Acceptor shall:
a) personally instruct the removal and re-application of
those safety precautions which may be varied
b) Be responsible for maintaining Safety form the System
when Safety Precautions are varied
c) Provide Personal Supervision during the testing and be
responsible for all matters of safety concerned with the
test
Rule No.3: Safety Precautions for
work on MV and LV Apparatus
4.1) The Plant Operator • Example
shall be advised prior to • Working on the Lube Oil
commencement of Pump’s motor, DC Lube
isolation or Live work on Oil Pump’s motor etc
MV or LV Apparatus
4.2) Wherever reasonably
practicable, work on MV
& LV Apparatus shall be
carried out with the
equipment dead.
Rule No.4:
4.3) When it is unreasonable for • Example
the Apparatus to be made
dead, suitable precautions
shall be taken to prevent
injury:
i. For Live MV Apparatus a
Permit shall be issued
ii. For Live LV Apparatus the
Precautions to be taken shall
be specified orally, in a
permit or in a local
Management Instruction
Rule No.5: Operation of Plant and
Apparatus
• The Operation of • Examples
Plant and/or • Switching off some
Apparatus to achieve Apparatus using
safety from the signals by hand from
system shall never far away. These
involve pre-arranged signals could be
signals or the use of misinterpreted and
time intervals can cause accident
Rule No. 6: Demarcation of Work
Areas
• The work area shall • Examples
be defined clearly • For working on one of
and, where the HP Feed Water
necessary, protected Pump in the Feed
physically to prevent water pump house,
Danger to persons in the working area is
the work area from barricaded
system hazards
adjacent to the work
area
Rule No.7: Identification of Plant
and Apparatus
• Work shall only be • Examples
permitted on Plant • KKS No should be
and/or Apparatus there on the Plant or
which is readily Apparatus before
identifiable or has executing work on it
fixed to it means of
identification which
will remain effective
throughout the course
of work