I. PURPOSE, OBJECTIVES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES

A. Provide the contractor or company with a competent technical resource for identifying, recommending resolution of, and communicating electrical safety issues.

B. Enhance electrical safety by reducing risk, mitigating hazards, and providing root cause analysis in electrical energy distribution and applications in R&D laboratories and other workplaces.

C. Identify the need for and establish new electrical safety initiatives and programs.

D. Develop, review, and approve electrical safety training programs.

E. Review all occurrence reports involving electrical issues, and participate in the root cause analysis process.

F. Participate in DOE electrical safety programs such as the DOE ESC, the development and maintenance of the DOE Electrical Safety Guidelines document, and the process for requesting and monitoring exemptions and waivers to guidelines.

G. The committee shall be responsible for implementation of this program.

II. MEMBERSHIP

A. Site management appoints the chair of the ESC and approves the charter.

B. The chair shall appoint a secretary.

C. The committee shall be made up of one member and an alternate appointed by each line organization or division and appropriate trades organization(s).

D. Advisors to the ESC shall attend and participate in committee meetings and activities. Advisors shall be line organization personnel who have special interests and/or knowledge concerning electrical safety. Advisors shall be approved by the committee.

E. The DOE area or field office appoints a representative to the ESC to coordinate electrical safety concerns involving the ESC and DOE.

F. Committee members shall be knowledgeable in electrical safety through education and/or experience and shall be actively pursuing electrical engineering, electrical safety, or R&D functions in the performance of their duties and shall be committed to the broad electrical safety concerns of the site and its employees.

III. COMMITTEE AUTHORITY

The ESC shall be the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) for the implementation of the National Electrical Code, 29 CFR 1910, Subpart S, and 29 CFR 1926, Subpart K.

IV. OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES

A. The committee shall meet at least quarterly, and the meeting shall be called by the chair or by the secretary in the absence of the chair.

B. ESC bulletins and all revisions to the Electrical Safety Manual will be reviewed by the ESC.

C. Subcommittees to address particular areas of electrical safety may be formed at the direction of the chair, by vote of the committee, or by a voting member with the concurrence of the chair or committee. At least one ESC member shall serve on each subcommittee.

D. Designated alternate members shall vote in the absence of members and shall provide consultation and advice to individual members or the whole committee, as requested.

E. The chair shall appoint someone to serve as the chair in the chair's absence.

F. The secretary shall record and distribute ESC meeting minutes.

V. MANAGEMENT REVIEW

Conduct of the meetings and any resulting recommendations (with supporting documentation) will be communicated to ES&H management through the meeting minutes.