Land Rover Defender: Electric Vehicle Safety Rules

DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION

FOREWORD

Every Company has a duty to make sure that it has in place adequate health and safety arrangements to protect persons from the inherent Hazards associated with its business activities.

These Electric Vehicle (EV) Safety Rules are used to cover work and activities undertaken on Electric Vehicles.

Every Company Shall therefore make a suitable assessment of:

a) The risks to the health and safety of its Employees and/or contractors to which they are exposed whilst they are at work.

b) The EV training qualifications held by their Persons required to work on Electric Vehicles.

c) The access each Person has to Jaguar Land Rover workshop manual information on TOPIx.

d) The access each Person has to Approved tooling and Jaguar Land Rover Approved Special Service Tools (SST).

e) The access each Person has to Approved Equipment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as required for work on EV. The Company Shall make sure this equipment and PPE used and complies with any local market legislation.

f) The risks to the health and safety of Persons not employed and/or contracted to the Company of which could be exposed during business activities, in conjunction with any local market legislation.

NOTE: All bold words within these Electric Vehicle (EV) Safety Rules have definitions within section 9.

Contents

Section 1 - Policy and Principles

1.1 Policy

1.2 Principles

1.3 Electrical Vehicle Safety Rules

1.4 Defined Terms

Section 2 - General safety precautions

2.1 Scope and application

2.2 Information, instruction and training

2.3 Objections

2.4 Duties

2.5 General safety and requirements

2.6 General requirements- Persons

2.7 Use of voltage test devices

2.8 Treatment of electric shock

Section 3 - Safety Precautions for Work on or near Electric Vehicles (EV)

3.1 Use and Wearing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

3.2 General requirements

3.3 Isolation of HV system components

Section 4 - Technician roles and responsibilities

4.1 General

4.2 Persons

Section 5 - Workshop safety and preparation

5.1 Segregation of work areas for work on HV systems and components

5.2 Electric Vehicle (EV) status signs

Section 6 - Use of Safety Documents for working on Electric Vehicles (EV)

6.1 Guidelines for the completion of a Permit-To-Work (PTW)

6.2 Guidelines for the completion of a Live Work Certificate (LWC)

Section 7 - Safety Rules Procedure for work on Electric Vehicle (EV) systems

7.1 Purpose

7.2 Scope

7.3 Identification

7.4 Responsibilities

7.5 Dangers

7.6 General requirements for work/testing on EV systems

7.7 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements for vehicle HV System Power Down.

7.8 Authorization of work activities

7.9 Making EV systems safe for work or testing

7.10 Guidance on the preparation, issue and cancellation of a PTW

7.11 PTW procedures for work/testing that exceeds a working day

7.12 EV-Permit-to-Work Surrender Form

Section 8 - Safety Rules Procedure for work on Live Electric Vehicle (EV) systems

8.1 Purpose

8.2 Scope

8.3 Identification

8.4 Responsibilities

8.5 Legal requirements applicable to work or testing activities under Live working conditions

8.6 Dangers

8.6 General requirements for work/testing on EV systems

8.7 Basic requirements for live working on components

8.8 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements for live working activities

8.9 Diagnostic Test equipment

8.10 Insulated Tools and Equipment

8.11 Pre-work Risk Assessments

8.12 Controlling persons involved in live working activities and safety precautions when live work areas are left unattended

8.13 Assistance whilst work/testing is in progress on live components

8.14 Safety accompanying person whilst work/testing is in progress on live components

8.15 Completion of Live Work Certificate (LWC)

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