4. Personal safety
4.1 Electrical risk prevention
In France, publication UTE C 18-510 sets out the requirements to be observed by personnel in order to prevent electrical risks. It applies to operations undertaken during the construction, operation and maintenance of electrical installations (substations and lines).
Live conductors enclosed in continuous earthed enclosures ensure total safety against the risk of voltage proximity. The construction conditions relating to personnel safety set out in fascicule therefore only make sense in the vicinity of overhead connection interfaces consisting of atmospheric gas-air crossings.
However, all work must be preceded by electrical lockout of the part of the structure concerned. This consignment...
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International standards and technical reports
- Sectionneurs et sectionneurs de terre à courant alternatif. - CEI 60 129 - 1984
- Spécifications et réception de l'hexafluorure de soufre neuf. - CEI 60 376 - 1971
- Guide relatif au contrôle de l'hexafluorure de soufre (SF6) prélevé sur le matériel électrique. - CEI 60 480 - 1974
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Metal-clad switchgear manufacturers
ABB Energie S.N.C., Établissement de Persan.
ALSTOM Transmission et Distribution SA, Postes Blindés Haute Tension, Aix-les-Bains.
Schneider Electric High Voltage SA, Site B1, Grenoble.
SIEMENS SAS, Division Énergie, Saint-Denis.
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