PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT

Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Energy 21 June 2012

BACKGROUND

• Eskom’s Strategic Contribution

“Together we are the heart of economic growth and quality of life in south Africa, through accessible electricity services”.

• Eskom’s goal

ZERO harm to employees, contractors and members of the public.

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OBJECTIVES

• To promote public safety and reduce injuries and deaths

• Highlight issues regarding electricity safety in SA

• To educate the public: Why electricity safety is important?

• To encourage legal, safe and efficient use of electricity

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STATISCTICS

3 Year Overview of Distribution Division as of end March

Measurement /Fiscal Year 2012

Target 2010 2011 2012

Member of Public Fatalities (Sustainability Index) 0 28 38 33

Member of Public Fatalities 0 71 82 74

Member of Public Injuries 72 144 138 179

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STATISTICS

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STATISTICS

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Major Causes of SI fatalities

Illegal connections have increased especially in informal settlements

Illegal and unsafe connections in communities puts innocent lives at stake.

Employee’s lives are threatened when they go to remove illegal connections.

Continuous education on dangers of unsafe and illegal connections

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Major Causes of SI Fatalities Direct Contact with Electricity due to:

• lying conductors caused by:

• Poor maintenance on line

• Environmental conditions

• Storms

• Wind

• Veld fires

• Accidental damage

• Vandalism

Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Eskom vehicles collides with pedestrians crossing the road.

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TARGET AUDIENCES

• Potential Customers

• Industry

• School children

• Parents

• Rural Communities

• Peri-urban Communities

• Informal Settlements

• Agricultural Industry

• Construction Industry

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STRATEGIES

School Campaigns

• School training material will be developed to cater different levels i.e

• Day Care/ Creches – Primary Grade R - 3

• Primary School Grade 4 – 7

• High SchoolsSchool

• School Visits

• Safety Presentation

• Edutainment/Industrial Theatre

• Promotional material hand-outs

• Hand-out Posters to the school

• Long Term

• Develop a school curriculum

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STRATEGIES

Community Engagement

• Site Visits

• Gig Rigs

• Advocacy

• Involve internal stakeholders

• IDM

• Operation Khanyisa

• 49M

• Hand–out pamphlets

• Hand-out promotional material

• Radio Crossover during the event

• Wiseman

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STRATEGIES

• Electricity Safety Week

• Community Engagement – Selected HotSpots

• School Visits

• Outdoor Broadcast

• Radio & TV

• Adverts Flighting

• Radio Interviews

• Radio Competitions after each interview

• Morning Live

• AgriTv

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STRATEGIES

Media

• Drama – Community Radio stations

• Radio/TV adverts

• Radio/TV interviews

Agricultural Sectors

• Develop training material focusing on electrical hazards in the agricultural sector

• Participate in National and Regional agricultural forums

• Agritv Interviews

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STRATEGIES

Construction Industry

• Develop training material

• Form partnership with

• Department of Labour

• BuiltSafe SA

• Host Seminars at regional levels

Motor Vehicle Safety

• Implementation of vehicle safety strategies and plans

• Driver training and assessments

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Operation Khanyisa & Safety

• Similar Electricity Safety messages are incorporated in the Operation Khanyisa Campaign

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INTEGRATED APPROACH

Electricity Theft

Safety

Energy Efficiency

Non-payment

Infrastructure Theft

To influence the voluntary behaviour of South

Africans to be legal, safe and efficient electricity

users by:

Reducing the number of energy loss incidents

Mobilising SAs to report and prevent energy losses

Building partnerships to deal with losses

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BUDGET

Activities Budget

School Campaigns R500 000

Community Engagement R600 000

Electricity Safety Week R 1,100 000

TV & Radio R12, 700 000

Newspaper, Magazine and Outdoor

Advertising

R400 000

Printing R500 000

Promotional Materials R1,250 000

Agricultural Forums R300 000

Construction Industry R 300 000

Research/ Survey R 350 000

Total R18,000 000

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Thank you!

Typical ESKOM pre- and post electrification Public Safety Education Presentation

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Introduction

Eskom is committed to its mandate of providing reliable and safe electricity, and educating members of the public about legal, safe and efficient use of electricity

We must treat electricity with respect at all times, and we must also know what we are expected to do when we noticed dangers on the electricity infrastructure

As a “model corporate citizen”, Eskom has undertaken to educate the Public on the legal, safe and efficient use of electricity, and the emphasis is on electricity outside & inside the house

“Unfortunately” people often endanger their own lives and the lives of their families by not treating electricity with respect.

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Safety Tips : Outside the House

BEWARE OF OVERHEAD POWER LINES

and

UNDERGROUND CABLES

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Electricity network Structures

Do not:

Climb up pylons

Throw stones to the insulators

Shoot insulators

Remove any of the supports

Make fire in the vicinity or under the pylons

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Do not

Place cables across roads, walkways and under carpets

Use frayed or worn cables

Ensure

That all joints are properly insulated

That the correct size of cable is used

When using extension leads, make sure that it is unrolled completely

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Do not play on or near mini substations or meter boxes

Call Eskom should you find damaged or opened meter boxes

Keep children away from damaged or opened meter boxes

Do not touch, try to close or repair anything

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Do not

Climb over the fence

Enter the fenced area

Do

Warn children not to play near substations

Report opened gates and damaged fences

Call 0860 037 566

Substations

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Do not

Build under or near power lines

Stack under power lines

Use mobile equipment under or near power lines

Climb on anything that will cause you to encroach the power line clearance

Do

Report to Eskom all existing buildings under the power lines

Call 0860 037 566 if you are in doubt

Structures under lines

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Treat all conductors as though they are live

Do not touch

Keep other people and animals away

Report all abnormal conditions to Eskom or the Police

Be more careful after a wind or rain storm

Low Hanging Conductors

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Take care when working close to power lines.

Never fly kites near power lines

Be careful when working with irrigation pipes or mobile equipment near power lines

Do not burn fires near power lines

Do not cut wooden poles that support power lines

Be aware of power lines where you are working

Overhead Power lines

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Never climb trees that are growing into power lines

Do not attempt to cut branches that are growing into power lines

Do not plant trees within the Eskom servitude

Report these to Eskom

When in doubt call Eskom on 0860 037 566

Trees into Power Lines

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Objects into lines

Be careful when carrying long objects e.g. irrigation pipes and ladders in the vicinity of power lines

Do not fly kites in the vicinity of power lines

Do not stack under power lines

Be careful when working with mobile equipment or when off-loading trucks in the vicinity of power lines

Be careful that TV and radio masts/aerials do not come into contact with overhead lines

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Safety: Inside the House

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INSPECT AND PROTECT Have your home’s electrically inspected

Connecting a plug

We create most of the electrical hazards in and around the home ourselves

Some of the electrical appliances people buy will not have a 3-point fitted plug

Be sure to know how to fit a 3-point plug to a lead

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Green / Yellow

(earth)

Brown

(right - live)

Blue

(left - neutral)

Never to use damaged or frayed flex or cords. Sparking could take place and this could cause a fire.

Never to pull a plug out of a wall socket by the flex / cord

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Damaged flex / cords / leads

The Dangers of Home made Stoves

No earth wire - and therefore no protection against the earth leakage

device and against electrical shocks or

electrocution

No regulating switch - the plate stays red hot until switched off

Incorrect electrical cable/wire sizes e.g. speaker wire that is too thin to carry

power.

Children can pull or fall over the wire

and burn

Can cause a fire and burn house down