Patent ID: 8384548
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: E04G,F16P,G05B,G21F

Abstract:
1. A monitoring system for ensuring a proper use of a plurality of different items of personal protective equipment for potential hazards presented to a plurality of persons while servicing energized electrical circuitry, the system comprising: an equipment identification element coupled to at least one of the plurality of items of personal protective equipment to be used by the plurality of persons, each of the plurality of items of personal protective equipment adapted to provide one of a plurality of predetermined levels of protection to each of the plurality of persons in the event of an arc flash incident occurring while the energized electrical circuitry is being serviced, each respective predetermined level of protection corresponding to different arc flash incident risks posed by the energized electrical circuitry in different portions of an electrical power system; a detector located proximate a portion of the energized electrical circuitry to be serviced and configured to detect the equipment identification element when the at least one of the plurality of items of the personal protective equipment item is by each of the plurality of persons within a predetermined spatial distance of the portion of energized electrical circuitry; a lockout device allowing or denying access to the potential hazards of the energized electrical circuitry; a processor-based device configured to: