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1.1 Installing Tranversal Busbar Over Main Busbar at The Barreiras Subestation FP
1.1 Installing Tranversal Busbar Over Main Busbar at The Barreiras Subestation FP
Authors:
COMPANHIA HIDROELÉTRICA DO SÃO FRANCISCO - CHESF
Osveraldo Vilar França Lima (main author) – vilar@chesf..gov.br
Gustavo José de Vasconcelos Xavier – xavier@chesf.gov.br
RITZ do Brasil S/A
Célio Gonçalves Júnior – celio@ritzbrasil.com.br
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Busbar of the substation and then launch the 2. Planning
new bar. However, this substation is located at
end of an important the transmission line after Taking in mind the risks associated with
230 Kv BOM JESUS DA LAPA substation installation of new components in energized
(Figure 1). Shutdown such substation would environment, it is necessary a rigorous planning
then lead to huge inconvenience for the region of all stages of the service (launch and
served by this infrastructure. establishment of 954 MCM ACSR cables above
the energized main busbar). Accidents in such
CHESF then decided to keep connected the kind of procedure can cause major shutdowns,
substation and perform the work using live line and very serious injuries in involved staff, even
working technique, leveraging the skills and fatal accidents.
experience of its teams and rigorous planning
work. The charts below, derived from survey of
accidents in the Brazilian Electric Sector in
2006 (Table 1), create a picture where we can
identify that 94% of arc electric accidents occur
in low and high voltage installations (Figure 2)
and that was the discharge or electrical current
caused 42% of fatalities in electricity companies
in Brazil in 2006 (Figure 3).
Global Data
1 – Utilities 72
SE Barreiras 2 – Employees 101.105
3 – Man/Hour Exposed to Risk 200.219.744
4 – Employee Abscence due Accident 840
5 – Absence (Man/Day) 144.018
6 – Consumers suffered with shutdown 62.043.384
Table 1 - Sources of Data Statistics Report
Accident Brazilian Electric Sector – 2006
Global Data
Distribuição
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Thus, a series of integrated safety practices This technique allow to identify preventively
must be implemented to increase the chance of risks, their severity and how to block them
success in minimizing effects and preventing through field analysis and discussions with
accidents. To perform the planning for this everyone involved in the intervention. Thus, at
intervention was used a CHESF’s internal every stage of the work or situation, the risks
standard of Executive Planning (M MI MN LT are identified, crossing probability and severity
018) that uses the technique of Preliminary of its occurrence to estimate its ratings
Analysis of Risk - PRA (Figure 4) to assess (negligible risk, acceptable and critical). After
risks and propose the necessary blocking that, the plan specify how to execute the
actions. intervention, what kind of crew is more
appropriated to perform, when and what kind of
safety procedures should be taken to minimize
the risks of failure.
• Description of Works;
• Human Resources;
• Resources (tools, equipment, etc.);
Descar • Transportation and Communication;
ga • Preliminary Arrangements;
Figure 03 - Fatal Accident - Injury Source of • Description of the Technique;
Brazil 2006 • Preliminary Analysis of Risk;
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3. Execution 3.2. Mounting a bridge between scaffolds
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Linemen positioned in the insulating 3.4. Attaching the cables to the Structure
scaffold, hoist the cable through the and Finishing the Task.
guide wire and placed inside the
PVC gutter; Linemen connect the cable to the
The cable is moved in the PVC insulting string previously installed in
gutter. the gantry.
Meanwhile, on the other end of the
cable, another linemen is installing a
insulating string;
This string end of the conductor
since the chain of insulators is
hoisted and attached to the gantry.
With the cables launched and
installed, the scaffold and
infrastructure used during the task is
dismantled.
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(3) Accidents Statistics in Brazilian Electricity
System – ELETROBRÁS / FUNCOGE, Rio de
Janeiro, 2006.
4. Conclusions
5. Technical References