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

September Meeting Announced

ASI will be holding a monthly safety meeting on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007 at 9a.m. at the Dumas substation.  All employees are expected to attend and clients are welcome to join.  JM will have a breif presentation on the new safety scorecard & some information on the March 2008 fallsafe deadline.  After the presentation the floor will be open for discussion. 

Safety Scorecard Evaluations

Safety Scorecard.pdf

 ASI director of safety John Ashley will be conducting 2 monthly safety scorecard evaluations onsite in cooperation with Entergy’s new contractor safety monitoring system.  In addition to the 2 internal audits Entergy employees will also conduct 2 evaluations per month. 

The scorecard evaluations cover a wide range of safety concerns including daily tailboard review, JSA completion, “fatal 5” awareness of crew, powersafe card validation, switching & clearance procedures, and more.  Ratings on the card range from 1 to 5 where 1 is inadequate, 3 is average (in compliance), and 5 is over and above the call of duty.  Scores of 1 or 5 will rarely be given and should be backed up by hard evidence.

The scorecard system has been adopted by all Entergy contractors to help the company better monitor and maintain the safety of individuals working within their electrical system.  The effectiveness and usefullness of the new system will be monitored over time and revamped as needed to fit all contractors.

Click here to view scorecard