Entergy SAB Meeting

Entergy contractors’ Substation & Relay Safety Advisory Board met today in Jackson, MS. Topics covered at the meeting included; 2007 accident/incident review, Powersafe training site updates, FR clothing & arc flash presentation, 2008 leadership structure, Entergy safety manual update,  03.01.08 fallsafe deadline, written policy & procedures reminder, gloves/sleeves/stick testing requirments, action items creation process.

John & Mark Ashley attended the meeting on behalf of Ashley Substation, Inc.  The next meeting date and location were set and a roundtable discussion closed the day.  Deligates to attend the next meeting are undecided, an employee rotation is being considered.

December Hours

ASI recorded 520 hours contracted for Entergy in December to close out the year. 

In 2007 Ashley Substation logged 17,000 man hours as a substation and relay contractor for Entergy Arkansas.

Head Quarters Improvements

Some Ashley Substation, Inc. employees spent their down time in December upgrading company HQ.  The modest 1380 square foot facility includes a new conference room, full kitchen, and a bathroom. The new HQ will be used to host company meetings, employee training, guest presentations and other ASI hosted events. 

November Work Hours

ASI logged 2481 man hours for the month of November.  Recorded hours are slightly below average for this year.  ASI is also expecting below average man hour for the month of December, 2007.

October Work Hours

Ashley Substation reported 1960 work hours for the month of October.  All hours were transmission/substation line of service for Entergy, Arkansas.  There were no accidents or incidents to report for the logged hours. 

Each month Entergy contractors report the number of man hours worked.  The hours are used in conjuction with reported incidents and/or accidents to determine the overall safety performance of the company.   

Arkansas EMCC Contractor JHA Workshop

Today C. Summers & John Ashley attended a quarterly JHA meeting at Entergy H.Q. in Little Rock. The meeting covered 100% fall protection, E.P.Z. grounding, emergency response orientation, recent safety alert bulletins, and torque specifications on connections. Lasting only four hours the meeting was brief but informative. The group agreed to using torque wrenches for tightening bolts to spec. upon Entergy’s request. There will be a torque specification plan with more detail in the near future. A round table discussion on job site hazzards and mitigations concluded the day. Everyone was reminded to drive safely on the way home.

System Security Update

Today employees completed an information systems audit.  Once a year A.S.I. reviews and updates all computers and information systems.   In addition to monthly and regular software updates the system security audit includes the reviewing of file backup procedures and employee user ID and password updating.  Antivirus, spyware, keylogger, malware, intrusion detection, and IP tracking programs were checked on all systems.  Subscription software on all computers was renewed and full system file scans were completed.

September Work Hours

Ashley Substation reported 1945 man hours for the month of September, 2007.  Locations for work included Dumas Substation, Independence power plant, and the Palm Street Substation in Little Rock.  The number of hours reported does not include office and clerical work hours.  Each month A.S.I. reports the number of hours worked while contracting for Entergy Arkansas, Inc.  in an ongoing effort to examine and maintain a safe and responsible work environment.  The reported hours are used to figure major indexes of work safety.  A.S.I. has adopted Entergy’s motto of “target zero accidents” and is proud to be associated with the nations leader in contractor safety.

ISES Plant

Today A.S.I. continues work at the Independence Steam Electric Station, better known as the ISES plant in Independence County.  The job consist of construction of bus structures and pulling of old cables.

• About I.S.E.S.  

 The complex power plant burns sub-bituminous coal that is imported from mines in Wyoming.  The plant is one of two coal fired plants in Arkansas, the other is located in White Bluff.  The plant is among the largest of its kind in the nation, and has an excellent environmental record.

Videos

There have been some questions about the videos posted in this blog.  Ashley Substation uses the “Vodpod” collection widget to show videos.  The free service allows users to collect videos from across the internet and present them in a blog.  Due to the wide scope of files handled by the widget, videos may not be viewable on some secure networks.   It may be possible to view the video collection by visiting the host site directly at, substation.vodpod.com

The videos are a collection of interesting and relevant clips from youtube and other video sites.  Videos directly related to or recorded by A.S.I. will be posted on pages of their own and listed as text in the links section of the blog.

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Cleaning Up the Minutes

The minutes of all ASI monthly safety meetings will soon be posted online.  Also, along with the minutes of the meetings, digitized copies of the attendance sign up pages will be archived.  Please excuse any improper formatting as the hand written notes are transferred to the blog. 

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September Safety Meeting Minutes

Ashley Substation, Inc.  September safety meeting.

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  • Introduction, Thanks for working safe. 
  • Last Meetings Minutes    
  • Trailer & Equipment Inspections 
  • Fall safe coming in 08
  • JSA with changes
  • Gate rule & JSA signing  
  •      
  • PowerSafe        
  • Schedule Tim for next week     
  • Everyone still have cards?    
  • Does anyone need employee ID replaced           
  •  Fatal Five Cards       
  •  ID, Powersafe, Fatal Five cards all can be asked for by scorecard evaluator      
  •  Any questions about the scorecards      
  • SAB 8.28.08        
  •     New safety manual coming out sometime 2008             
  •         -split, 2 sections (rules/procedures?)                
  •         -should get hardcopies and CD-ROMs           
  •  ATV-UTV switch       
  •      Scorecard evaluations          
  •      Done someone not on crew & entergy                 
  •      Used also to evaluate bids by contractors                   
  •      Anyone have questions about scorecard          
  •   100% fallsafe            
  •             100% compliance moved to 2008 (however, we are still on track for December 08)
  •             Powerpoint presentation made and we’ll see soon
  •             (coming up:  ASI employee meeting, at HQ with presentations)
  •  EPZ grounding     
  •       Entergy powerpoint presentation      
  •       will show presentation & get Q & A 
  • Safety Alert – Entergy internal alert on auger/digger bolts          
  •              ASI action, inspect bolts on all moving equipment 
  • OSHA 10 training           
  • Auditing an online course right now      
  • Some may need to take the classes 
  • AshleySubstation.Com website      
  •  Safety section has training and OSHA 1926.597           
  •  Newsletter, videos, fatal five posted, meeting notes, email Floor open for discussion
  •             (blank sheet of paper JSA example)

Action items set during the meeting include:

T. Camp -powersafe training in september,

new company photo IDs for Rick Camp & Dennis Offutt,

get powerpoint presentations, fall safe & EPZ, from SAB meeting,

inspect bolts on moving parts of equipment,

new ball caps were also requested.

Odiogo, Audio Version of Web Log

Ashley Substation is now using the services of odiogo.com to present an audio enabled version of this web log.  The free service will make keeping up with the company newsletter easier and more exciting than ever.  Simply click here or on the Audio Version link located on this page and then select which post you would like to listen too, or listen to all the posts.  We hope you like this new feature and are excited to be using this advanced service.  Please visit the odiogo website at odiogo.com if you have a web log that you would like to audio enable. Go odiogo!

Bryant, #2 Breaker Position

ASI has been awarded the contract for Bryant substation #2 breaker change out. The scope of the project is as follows:

·         Contractor will haul new breaker to Bryant from LR Port, changing out main breaker.  Contractor will also pull cables, plumb, terminate ground, and attach jumpers.  Contractor will also haul old breaker to LR Port, cleaning up debris and disposal at job site. The project will take place in October, 2007.

Safety Excellence

“Entergy ranked best in class for occupational safety,” among other honors by the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, 2007.  Money.CNN.Com