1. Cutting in Bells Single Phase
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2. Why are we doing this energized?
Take some time to decide if it is necessary to do this job energized.
Could the job be done de-energized and grounded?
What would be the impact?
Would it be safer?

3. OSHA Required Tailgate Discussion Topics
Hazards Associate with the job
Work Procedures Involved
Special Precautions
Energy Source Controls
PPE Required
The five topics required by OSHA to discuss in the tailgate.
First letter from each topic = How Well Should Everyone Plan

4. Work Procedures Involved Hazards associated with the job
Special Precautions
Energy Source Controls
Personal Protective Equipment
Be sure to record your emergency location and post in a location everyone on the crew knows.
Have your PPE and First Aid kit available
Be sure your AED is accessible.
A safe job begins with a thorough inspection of…
Tools Be certain all of your tools are in good shape.
Equipment Make sure your trucks are all in working order take time to preflight your equipment and insure there are no surprise.
Line/Structure Look over the line and structure. Are there any potential hazards? (Broken insulators, damaged wire, clearances over roads or from trees?)
Be aware of your work area, be sure to cover anything you can reach touch or fall into. And anything that can reach touch or fall into you!
Discuss all PPE needed for the job and wear your PPE. Be sure to inspect your equipment prior to use. Identify all voltages you are exposed to. Be sure to have all of your Arc-Flash protective gear on.
Identify a dedicated observer
Working in traffic exposes you to hazards that are difficult to control. Give the vehicles plenty of time to see and avoid you! Follow the manual of traffic control for your area.
Slips trips and falls are some of the most common injuries, look for hazards that could cause this. Be sure to inspect and wear your fall arrest harness.
Here are the five topics again with signs and bubbles to jump start tailgate discussion!!
Click on the icon to bring up a text box. Click on the icon again to make the text box go away
Gets the crew involved. Gives the feeling of knowing it is ok to ask questions, give suggestions, see something, say something!
The next slides will get directly into the task at hand. Visual, written and audio will all be used here!
There are suggestions in the notes as to what to discuss. This will get the Team involved, creating communication channels to open!

5. Be sure you have completed the JSA and have all of the equipment needed to begin.
Position about ten feet from a structure. This will help to prevent some conductor motion. It will also allow us to lower the neutral for additional clearance.

6. Bond your truck to the system neutral.

7. Lower the neutral to provide additional electrical clearance while working.

8. Cover the neutral to provide additional protection
Cover the neutral to provide additional protection. Be careful not to bounce the conductor to much. This could cause the phase and the neutral to come in contact with each other resulting in an arc and possible burn down of the line.

9. Install your conductor grips, strap hoist, and insulating link.

10. Install your insulated mechanical jumper
Install your insulated mechanical jumper. Be careful to control the ends.

11. Install a support for the long end of the jumper
Install a support for the long end of the jumper. Failing to do this could result in the jumper falling or twisting when the line is cut. It could make contact with you, or fall into the neutral bellow. This is another reason we have covered the neutral bellow.

12. Cut the conductor and bend the tails back
Cut the conductor and bend the tails back. Be certain they are controlled and there is no way they can come into contact with each other.

13. Install a jumper holding tool on the side to be disconnected.

14. Using a hot stick, disconnect the jumper and move this end to the jumper holder.

15. Clamp the jumper end to the jumper holding standoff

16. Leave the jumper in this position until you can test the line to insure it is de-energized.

17. Use your hot stick to move the neutral coverup to allow you to move the hot jumper down.

18. With a hot stick loosen the clamp connected to the conductor.

19. With a hot stick move the jumper end to the neutral.

20. Use an approved testing device to determine if the line is deenergized
Use an approved testing device to determine if the line is deenergized. It is best practice to test the hot side first, then the de-energized side, and then the hot side again.

21. After testing the line and confirming it is de-energized use a hotstick to move the jumper to the conductor.

22. Ground the conductor.

23. Use a hot stick to remove the jumper holding tool if needed.

25. The line has now been grounded and you can do the job you needed to do.

26. To put this back to normal you will reverse the steps.
Install the jumper holding tool with a hot stick.

28. With a hot stick, move the clamp from the conductor and move it to the jumper holding tool.

32. Move the coverup back to provide some additional protection if the jumper were to fall.

33. Move the clamp from the jumper holding tool and prepare to re-energize the line.

34. With a hot stick, re-energize the line

35. Remove the jumper holding tool.

36. Take up for the lose you will have when installing a new splice in the line. Be sure to control the tails until the splice is complete.

37. Splice the line.

38. Remove the insulated jumper

39. Remove the hoist, link stick, and grips.

40. Remove neutral coverup

41. Raise neutral and retie it.

42. Remove truck bond with a hot stick.

43. Job competed.