[Stephen Small]

Hi Stephen

Apparently EA networks doesn’t mandate ear pro for HV switching where there is risk of arc flash:

According to our current PPE Standard we use hearing protection ‘where required as per SM-EI 2.1304’, which is a circular reference to ‘shall be worn for all designated areas’.

Note that our PPE standard was last reviewed in 2016, and we are looking at this next month – so I am interested to see what others do!

I do know that at my previous employer it was mandated – however we were Transpower qualified (FRO and CPO switching at GXPs), so mirrored their requirements, which is not the case here.

Cheers

Stephen.