Unsafe Work Practices Archives - Tynagh Network Systems

Worker Protection

by Kevin Reidy | Apr 25, 2019 | Electrical Safety Info, Unsafe Work Practices

Effective equipotential bonding for worker protection is achieved by placing a low resistance personal earth in parallel with the workers body. As they are both in parallel, in a line fault situation, fault current will flow in the personal earth and the workers body in direct proportion to the resistance of each

Myths and Illusions No.7

by Tynagh Networks | Aug 5, 2018 | Electrical Safety Info, safety myths, Unsafe Work Practices

win €10,000 for you or your charity! Ends In.. Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Why do we mislead workers about the dangers they face? The known threat to life on LV networks is fault currents of up to 37 kA.** Currently, the safety equipment used to...

Myths and Illusions No.6

by Tynagh Networks | Jul 15, 2018 | Electrical Safety Info, safety myths, Unsafe Work Practices

win €10,000 for you or your charity! Ends In.. Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) multi point earthing may cause the transformer effect Can YOU explain how workers are protected from death and/or injury from induced voltage or circulating currents using the...

Myths and Illusions No.5

by Tynagh Networks | Jun 20, 2018 | Electrical Safety Info, safety myths, Unsafe Work Practices

win €10,000 for you or your charity! Ends In.. Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) DOES EARTHING A MACHINE MAKE THE WORKSITE SAFE FOR WORKERS? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE LOGIC OR SCIENCE SUPPORTING THIS PRACTICE? €10,000 IF YOU CAN. Numerous tests prove that earthing a...

Myths and Illusions No.4

by Tynagh Networks | May 21, 2018 | Electrical Safety Info, General, News & Social Media, safety myths, Unsafe Work Practices

win €10,000 for you or your charity! Ends In.. Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) IS YOUR SAFETY EQUIPMENT FIT FOR PURPOSE? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE LOGIC OR SCIENCE SUPPORTING THIS PRACTICE? €10,000 IF YOU CAN. IS YOUR SAFETY EQUIPMENT...

Myths and Illusions No.3

by Tynagh Networks | Apr 19, 2018 | Electrical Safety Info, General, News & Social Media, safety myths, Unsafe Work Practices

win €10,000 for you or your charity! Ends In.. Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) the volts may jolt - but it’s the mills that kill! CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE LOGIC OR SCIENCE SUPPORTING THIS PRACTICE? €10,000 IF YOU CAN. It is...

Myths and Illusions No.2

by Tynagh Networks | Mar 21, 2018 | Electrical Safety Info, General, News & Social Media, safety myths, Unsafe Work Practices

win €10,000 for you or your charity! Ends In.. Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Should you trust your life to a wet or aged conductive wooden pole? In the above sketch there are three parallel resistances that form current paths to earth. The total resistance...

Why we ran the electrical safety competition

by Tynagh Networks | Mar 12, 2018 | Electrical Safety Info, safety myths, Unsafe Work Practices

Thanks for the interest in our recent competition, just to let you know, we will be running a new competition every couple of weeks, over the next few months with the same prize money. We are running these competitions to highlight the fact that safety procedures in...

Myths and Illusions No.1

by Kevin Reidy | Feb 26, 2018 | Electrical Safety Info, General, News & Social Media, safety myths, Unsafe Work Practices

MYTH’S & ILLUSIONS NO 2 Current flows in every current path to earth in direct proportion to the resistance of each current path. (Ohms Law). In the sketch above, there are three parallel current paths to earth whose total resistance to earth is...