CEA Safety Standards Regulations
The CEA has issued Safety Requirements for Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Electrical Plants and Electric Lines regulations dated 24th January 2010. The primary purpose of these regulations is to lay down safety provisions to ensure safety for employees, including those of contractors, sub-contractors as well as visitors.
Safety Standards for Construction and O&M Regulations, 2011
Resolution By
CEA
Notification No. and date
F.No.CEA/TETD/MP/R/02/2011
Objectives
To lay down safety provisions to ensure safety for employees, including those of contractors, sub-contractors as well as visitors
Regulations called as
Central Electricity Authority (Safety Requirements for Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Electrical Plants and Electric Lines) Regulations, 2011
Owner safety provisions
1. The Owner shall make safety an integral part of work processes to ensure safety for employees including employees of contractor, sub-contractor as well as visitors
2. The Owner shall obtain accreditation of electric plants and electric lines with IS-18001 certification
3. The Owner shall obtain the certification for all the existing electrical plants and electric lines and those under construction within two years from the date of coming into force of these regulations and for new installations within two years from the date of commencement of construction
4. The Owner shall set up a sound and scientific safety management system
[clause 4]
2. The Owner shall obtain accreditation of electric plants and electric lines with IS-18001 certification
3. The Owner shall obtain the certification for all the existing electrical plants and electric lines and those under construction within two years from the date of coming into force of these regulations and for new installations within two years from the date of commencement of construction
4. The Owner shall set up a sound and scientific safety management system
[clause 4]
Safety officer and safety committee
The Owner shall appoint one qualified safety officer where the number of employees, including contract workers, exceeds five hundred and where the number of employees is less than five hundred, a suitable officer shall be designated as safety officer
[clause 6]
[clause 6]
Contractor safety provisions
1. The Owner shall incorporate the safety provisions in the contract document which are required to be complied by the contractor's employees during execution of the contract
2. The contractor shall observe the safety requirements as laid down in the contract
3. The contractor employing two hundred employees or more, including contract workers, shall have a safety co-ordinator in order to ensure the implementation of safety requirements of the contract
4. The contractor shall be responsible for non-compliance of the safety measures
5. In case of any accident, the contractor shall immediately submit a statement of the same to the Owner and the safety officer
[clause 7]
2. The contractor shall observe the safety requirements as laid down in the contract
3. The contractor employing two hundred employees or more, including contract workers, shall have a safety co-ordinator in order to ensure the implementation of safety requirements of the contract
4. The contractor shall be responsible for non-compliance of the safety measures
5. In case of any accident, the contractor shall immediately submit a statement of the same to the Owner and the safety officer
[clause 7]
Emergency management plan
An on-site emergency management plan shall be formulated for thermal generating plant, hydro-electric generating plant, sub-station and group of electric lines for quickly and effectively dealing with probable emergencies and reducing response time
[clause 9]
[clause 9]
Corrigendum/ Amendment, if any
No