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.

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. 

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.

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  
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  • 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.

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 Advisory Board

Entergy’s substation & relay contractor Safety Advisory Board met yesterday in Jackson, Mississippi.  Mark and John Ashley attended the meeting on behalf of Ashley Substation, Inc.  Topics covered in the meeting were Entergy’s new scorecard system for evaluating contractor safety, EPZ grounding, fallsafe (Miller sales rep. presented new gear), Powersafe, and Job Safety Analysis.

The meeting lasted from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.  A lunch was served and ASI staff returned to Arkansas to assume regular duties.  Information covered during the meeting will be presented to the full ASI staff at the next monthly safety meeting.

August Safety

ASI held it’s monthly safety meeting today.  The meeting was held at the Dumas substation construction site.  Topics covered include review of last meeting’s minutes, PPE safety, hot weather advisory, proper trailer inspection, and a review of the completed Dumas project.  The casual meeting was held during a lunch of BBQ ribs.  delegates Mark & J.M. were chosen to attend the upcoming SAB meeting to be held on Aug 28.  Project OC Mike Webb of Entergy Arkansas, Inc. was onhand for the meeting.  The date for the next company safety meeting is still undecided.

PowerSafe Training

This month Ashley Substation, Inc. employees will begin to renew their commitment to safety by taking the powersafe.org refresher course for Entergy transmission contractors.  Between now and December, 2007 all employees will complete the course.  New technology has made taking the course more efficient, many ASI crew will take the refresher while on the jobsite.  In addition to powersafe training, ASI staff will brush up on first-aid, blood pathogens, and CPR training. 

Ashley Substation, Inc. realizes the importance of safety in the high voltage electrical workplace and continues working with clients toward the goal of “target zero accidents”.  Clients are invited and encouraged to attend monthly safety meetings, usually held on the jobsite, and participate in the new culture of safety now happening in the business of electrical transmission.

Use the contact link on this page if you would like to know when and where the next ASI saftey meeting will take place. 

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 & Relay Safety Advisory Board

The next contractor safety advisory board meeting has been set for April 3, in Jackson, MS.  ASI safety manager John Ashley will be attending the meeting.  Discussion will be on the new safety scorecard program for safety managment.  Other topics will include powersafe training and incident/accident reviews from 2006.