Document ID (ISN) | 106339 |
CIS number |
07-428 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0120-5684 - Protección y seguridad |
Year |
2006 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Forero A., Arcila J.D., Guerra P.L., Ospina F.C., Ravemark D., Normark B. |
Title |
Safety in the electricity sector |
Original title |
Seguridad - Sector eléctrico [in Spanish] |
Bibliographic information |
July-Aug. 2006, Vol.52, No.308, p.38-79. Illus. 14 ref. |
Abstract |
Contents of this collection of articles on safety in the electricity sector: activities of the Columbian commission on safety and health in the electricity sector; main hazards and causes of accidents; legislative framework; hazards related to interventions on electrical systems (electrical hazards, methods of protection against electrical hazards, evaluation of vulnerability to electrical hazards, safety of electrical installations); basic principles of electrical safety; history leading to the definition of the Technical Regulations applicable to electrical installations in Columbia (RETIE); advantages of buried electrical cables compared to overhead lines. |
Descriptors (primary) |
occupational safety; Colombia; power generation and distribution; electrical safety; electricity |
Descriptors (secondary) |
falls of persons; electrical insulation; protection against falls from heights; overvoltage protection; electric arc; underground cables; earthing; safe distances; electric burns; personal protective equipment; falling objects; electric shock; insulated tools; overhead electric lines |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Switzerland; Colombia; Sweden |
Subject(s) |
Power generation and distribution
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Broad subject area(s) |
Electrical safety
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Browse category(ies) |
Power generation and distribution Electricity
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