Safety In Bid Evaluations

This memo was sent by Tony Adams to all Entergy contractors concerning safety in the bid evaluation process.

I liked to start off by thanking you all for the work you are doing with us. A situation has come up that I thought would be to your advantage to know about. The Bid Evaulation process has a Safety form that is part of the decision of what contractor wins the bid. Your statistics, and employee qualifications are reflected in part of this form. A part of this form that usually goes unnoticed is the Project Safety Plan for the project being bid on. I realize that some of you think if you are not awarded the contract, your time spent on the Safety Plan may seem like a waste of time. I can assure you this is not true. The Safety department awards points on the form for the contractor who has made the effort to take the time to write up a Project Safety Plan for the project being bid on. This effort may mean the difference between your company losing or being awarded the contract. I have seen this particular part of the form make the difference on recent bids. If all things are equal, it is the deciding factor. Thanks again for all your help, and I hope this "hint" helps you out. Tony Adams, Transmission Contractor Safety 504-214-0271

5.22.07

JHA Workshop

Rick and JM Ashley attended a job hazard analysis workshop hosted by Entergy on June 14, 2007.  The workshop was held at little rock port.  The topic of discussion was job hazard mitigation.  The steps involve, 1. listing the task to be performed.  2.  recognizing the hazards related to that task.  3.  describing ways to mitigate the hazard.

JHA’s can be filled out using a blank sheet of paper using this method.  It is important that all crew members know this process and can do so without a pre-printed form. 

During the afternoon session members broke into workgroups and did roll-play to demonstrate JHA methods.

Substation Design

Here is some basic technical information on how an electrical substation is designed:

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