Electrical permit switching program

Electrical Permit & Switching Program

A consultant-grade, de-energize-first switching program for named electrical apparatus — a feeder, busbar section, transformer, ring main unit, or HV/LV switchboard — never a generic "the substation". Its entire reason to exist is that safe electrical work leads with isolation and proof, not with PPE: every program records the ordered switching sequence that takes the apparatus from energized to a proven safe working condition — isolate → prove dead → earth → sanction the work via a safety document → restore — establishing an electrically safe work condition per NFPA 70E Article 120 before any work begins. Work authorised on apparatus that was isolated but not proven dead, or that omits protective earthing where the procedure requires it, is flagged and pushed up the hierarchy — never accepted as the program. That is the failure mode this skill exists to prevent.

It forces the single lever that separates a defensible artifact from copy-paste paperwork: the ordered isolation/prove-dead/earthing sequence with per-step authorisation, plus the full hierarchy of controls. It refuses to author a program for "the substation" without the named apparatus + the operating voltage + the points of isolation/earthing, and it keeps the sanction-to-test (controlled re-energization for testing) distinct from a permit-to-work (work on dead equipment) — conflating the two is a document-discipline failure. Grounded in NFPA 70E Article 120 (establishing + verifying an electrically safe work condition) read with Annex K and 120.5 (the process for establishing an ESWC), OSHA 29 CFR 1910.269 (T&D — lockout/tagout 269(d), protective grounding 269(n)) + 1910.333 (selection and use of work practices) + 1910.147 (the LOTO standard), and EAWR 1989 regs 12–13 (means of cutting off supply / isolation + working dead) read with HSG85 (electricity at work — safe working practices). Decision-support only; a competent person (authorised/senior authorised person) must review the output.

When to use this skill

Use this skill when the user needs a switching program for concrete electrical apparatus — for example "build the switching program to take the 11 kV feeder F2 to RMU-3 dead for cable work", "write the isolation and prove-dead sequence for the transformer TX-1 secondary", "sequence the points of isolation and earthing for busbar section B at the main switchboard", or "prepare a sanction-to-test for commissioning the new protection relay". It is not for a generic "how do I isolate equipment?" answer: the Workflow intake below forces the named apparatus, the operating voltage, and the points of isolation/earthing before any drafting, refuses a vague "the substation" request, and refuses a program that would authorise work without prove-dead and (where required) protective earthing.

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Data Protection & De-identification (MANDATORY — apply before drafting)

Apply this BEFORE you draft anything. Treat injury, illness, and any health detail as the highest sensitivity. Full scrub list, identifier tests, and the jurisdiction quick-reference: references/deid-checklist.md.

1. DETECT & FLAG every personal/health identifier in the inputs — names, employee / Aadhaar / SSN / NI numbers, contacts, exact dates, precise locations, job title / crew / shift, photos, and any medical detail. List what you found before drafting. If unsure whether something is identifying, treat it as identifying.
2. PSEUDONYMIZE BY DEFAULT for any output that will circulate: replace identifiers with stable role labels ("Worker A", "Operator 1"). Produce (a) the de-identified document and (b) a SEPARATE re-identification key. Never put the key or any name↔label mapping in the document. Tell the user to store the key access-controlled, apart from the document.
3. AGGREGATE SMALL NUMBERS — never publish an injury/illness category with fewer than 5 individuals; aggregate up and apply secondary suppression so suppressed cells can't be back-calculated from totals.
4. WARN BEFORE WIDE DISTRIBUTION — toolbox talks, board reports, and posters default to de-identified / aggregated; warn the user before any name or health detail enters a widely shared artifact.
5. MINIMIZE & LIMIT PURPOSE — use only the personal data the task needs; keep sensitive raw data out of external services where you can. When in doubt, ask before including it.

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Knowledge base (read ONE matching file — never load all)

Resolve the user's jurisdiction first. Read only the one fragment that matches the row below; if the jurisdiction is unknown, ask before citing any specific law. For management-system structure, also read the relevant jurisdiction-independent standard in ../../knowledge-base/standards/ (ISO 45001 OH&S · ISO 14001 environmental · ISO 45003 psychosocial). Always apply ../../knowledge-base/prompt-snippets/hierarchy-of-controls.md (KB-SNIP-HOC) to every control recommendation. For any benchmark/figure, look up the ID in the relevant _registry.yaml, then read ONLY the named file — and quote its source+year.

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Jurisdiction / scope	Read
Switching / isolation discipline (every run)	../../knowledge-base/prompt-snippets/switching-sequence.md (KB-SNIP-SWITCHING-SEQUENCE) — the ordered isolation → prove-dead → earthing → sanction-to-test → restore sequence; carries the full isolation / point-of-isolation / lock-off / prove-test-prove / protective-earthing / permit-to-work / sanction-to-test vocabulary, so this skill needs no separate electrical-isolation fragment; working un-proven or un-earthed where required is rejected
Electrical control spine (every run)	../../knowledge-base/prompt-snippets/deenergize-first.md (KB-SNIP-DEENERGIZE-FIRST) — the de-energize-first / ESWC spine: establish an electrically safe work condition (NFPA 70E Article 120) BEFORE any reliance on PPE; a PPE-led or convenience-led treatment is rejected
Electrical safe-working duty (every run)	../../knowledge-base/standards/nfpa-70e.md (KB-STD-NFPA70E) — the copyright-safe NFPA 70E Article 120 (establishing + verifying an electrically safe work condition) + Annex K + 120.5 clause→artifact structure map (cite the clause/article numbers only — never the table cells)
Utilities clause cross-walk	../../knowledge-base/prompt-snippets/utilities-clause-map.md (KB-SNIP-UTILITIES-CLAUSE-MAP) — the bundle-shared NFPA 70E Article 120 + 130.4 + 130.5 cross-walk that keeps the three hse-utilities-power skills consistent on de-energize-first
USA	../../knowledge-base/regulatory/osha-1910-269.md (KB-REG-OSHA1910-269) — US duty: OSHA 29 CFR 1910.269 (T&D — 269(d) lockout/tagout, 269(n) protective grounding, 269(m) de-energizing lines and equipment) read with 1910.333 (selection and use of work practices) + 1910.147 (the LOTO standard)
UK / EU	../../knowledge-base/regulatory/uk-eawr.md (KB-REG-UK-EAWR) — EAWR 1989 regs 12–13 (means of cutting off supply + isolation / working on or near dead conductors) read with HSG85 (electricity at work — safe working practices)
India	../../knowledge-base/regulatory/in-electrical.md (KB-REG-IN-ELECTRICAL) — India CEA / state electricity rules + line-clearance / permit practice; defers to hse-india, mandatory state detection; emit [GAP], never a national form number
Unknown	Ask before citing any specific law

This skill always grounds in KB-STD-ISO45001 (6.1.2) and leads every program with the de-energize-first spine KB-SNIP-DEENERGIZE-FIRST (establish an ESWC per NFPA 70E Article 120 before any work), drives the ordered switching sequence — isolate → prove dead → earth → sanction → restore — through KB-SNIP-SWITCHING-SEQUENCE (which carries the isolation / prove-dead / earthing / sanction-to-test vocabulary, so no separate isolation fragment is referenced), grounds the Article 120 ESWC duty on KB-STD-NFPA70E, and aligns with the other hse-utilities-power skills through KB-SNIP-UTILITIES-CLAUSE-MAP. The US duty is KB-REG-OSHA1910-269 (269(d)/(n)) + 1910.333

• 1910.147; the UK leg is KB-REG-UK-EAWR (regs 12–13 + HSG85). Work authorised without prove-dead, or omitting protective earthing where the procedure requires it, is rejected by the controls gate, never accepted as the program. For an India site, resolve the state via hse-india (mandatory state detection) and emit a literal [GAP] where a state return is owed — never a minted national form number. The rule-9 manifest is references/_skill-kb.md.

Workflow

Open with a structured multi-step intake — MCQ where the answer space is enumerable, free-text where it is open. Ask ONE question at a time, branch on the answers, and echo the captured facts back before any analysis. Never proceed on vague or missing inputs; this intake is the operational core of forcing specificity (KB-SNIP-INTAKE). (Intake is a Workflow convention, not a sixth block.)

Run the switching intake one question at a time (full coverage contract + branch map in references/intake.md). Refuse to author a program for "the substation": you need the named apparatus + the operating voltage + the points of isolation/earthing before any drafting. Refuse a program that would authorise work without prove-dead and (where required) protective earthing.

1. The named apparatus (free-text — the specificity anchor) — "Name the exact apparatus + type (feeder / busbar section / transformer / ring main unit / switchboard) + operating voltage
   • function (e.g. '11 kV feeder F2 to RMU-3, ring main'). Refuse 'the substation' / 'the switchroom' — the program is apparatus-specific."
2. Operating voltage & system (mcq) — LV (≤1 kV) / HV 11 kV / HV 33 kV / HV other / mixed. The voltage drives the approach distances, the earthing requirement, and the authorisation level (authorised vs senior authorised person).
3. Points of isolation & earthing (free-text — the program backbone) — "List every point of supply / isolation for this apparatus and where protective earthing will be applied. A program that cannot enumerate its points of isolation is refused; working un-earthed where the procedure requires earthing is a flagged failure."
4. Work activity & document type (mcq) — work on dead equipment (permit-to-work) / controlled re-energization for testing (sanction-to-test) / both. The sanction-to-test is kept DISTINCT from a permit-to-work — conflating the two is a document-discipline failure.
5. De-energization decision (mcq — asked among the controls) — work the apparatus dead (de-energize + establish an ESWC per Article 120; the default) / live work (branch to Q5a justification). De-energization + isolation is the primary control, not an afterthought.
6. Jurisdiction (mcq) — USA / UK / EU / India / Other / Unknown. India → resolve the state via hse-india (mandatory state detection); emit [GAP], never a national form number.

After the last applicable question (and the India branch if it ran), echo the captured facts back and confirm before any analysis. Never proceed on a vague or missing input — a missing input is a [GAP], never an invented isolation point or earthing claim.

Then: record the de-energization decision first (KB-SNIP-DEENERGIZE-FIRST); build the ordered switching sequence — isolate → prove dead → earth → sanction the work via the correct safety document → restore — per KB-SNIP-SWITCHING-SEQUENCE, with per-step authorisation; run the controls hierarchy gate (de-energize + isolate → prove dead → earth → safety document → PPE last — a program that authorises work un-proven/un-earthed, or that conflates sanction-to-test with a work permit, is a FLAG pushed up the hierarchy) → frame the qualitative residual via risk_matrix → make every action a SMART action via smart_actions → validate the draft against references/QUALITY_CHECKLIST.md → produce the output via the Output format section below. The domain method is in references/METHODOLOGY.md.

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Agentic Execution (Orchestration Block)

You are the ORCHESTRATOR for this skill. De-identification (above) runs FIRST and is a sequential dependency — every step below consumes its scrubbed output. Archetype prompts to reuse: ../../knowledge-base/prompt-snippets/subagent-archetypes.md (KB-SNIP-ARCHETYPES).

Step 0 — Triage: fan out at all?

Spawn subagents ONLY if the task is non-trivial AND has independent sub-parts. Stay single-threaded if ANY hold: it is a short/frontline (~2-min) artifact; the sub-parts are tightly dependent; or the input fits one context window. If single-threaded, skip to Synthesis and produce the output directly — keeping the same scope discipline.

Step 1 — Plan

Decompose into INDEPENDENT jobs. Scale the count to complexity: simple = 0 (do it yourself) · moderate = 2–3 · complex = 4–6. Never exceed MAX=6.

Step 2 — Fan out (parallel subagents)

Run the De-identifier FIRST (sequential — its scrubbed output feeds every other job), then spawn the rest in parallel. Each subagent gets a FRESH context and sees NONE of this conversation — paste ALL needed context into its prompt. Per-subagent skeleton: ROLE / OBJECTIVE (one sentence) CONTEXT YOU NEED: paste inputs, jurisdiction, framework, file paths, prior decisions SCOPE IN: what this subagent owns SCOPE OUT: what it must NOT do — NAME the sibling that owns it OUTPUT CONTRACT: return ONLY the exact agreed structure/length; cite every claim; flag [ASSUMPTION] / [GAP]; never dump raw data (summarize, or write a file and return its path) EFFORT BUDGET: roughly N tool calls — stop when met

Step 3 — Synthesis (you)

Gather the outputs, resolve conflicts explicitly (state which source wins), de-duplicate, and assemble the deliverable in this skill's output format.

Step 4 — SME Review & Sign-off (MANDATORY — regulatory/safety output)

Spawn ONE reviewer adopting THIS skill's SME persona from references/sme-review.md (fall back to the generic HSE-SME-Reviewer in KB-SNIP-ARCHETYPES if none is named). Give it the draft + the inputs + the output contract. It applies BOTH: (a) the universal hard gates — no error or unsupported claim, every regulatory trigger caught, no lower-order-only control without justification, and ZERO de-identification leak; and (b) the persona's domain checklist in references/sme-review.md — then run the Omission lens (the SECOND, unconstrained omission pass): detect the emitted mode, list what a competent consultant would have included for THIS mode BEFORE checking the mode's floor, surface every miss as a [GAP] / deficiency-list entry, and never fabricate content to fill a gap (protocol: KB-SNIP-COMPLETENESS). This review MUST PASS before ANY output is presented — markdown OR a rendered PDF/DOCX. Fix everything it raises and re-run until clean. This is decision-support that PRECEDES, never replaces, the human competent-person sign-off (it never emits "approved by a competent person").

Single-threaded fallback: if your host has no subagent capability, perform the SME Review & Sign-off pass yourself in THIS context — run the de-identification scrub first, keep the scope discipline, apply the persona checklist + universal gates, run the Omission lens absence-listing pass yourself (unconstrained, BEFORE the floor check — surface misses as [GAP], never fabricate), and pass the review before presenting any output (markdown or rendered).

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Subagent roster for THIS skill

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For a multi-apparatus switching program the triage gate fans out to (the De-identifier runs FIRST — sequential dependency; everything below consumes only its scrubbed output):

• De-identifier — runs FIRST. Scrub every personal/health identifier (esp. a named operator from a prior switching / electrocution / arc-flash incident) to role labels before any analysis; return the re-identification key SEPARATELY to the orchestrator, never to a sibling.
• De-energization-&-Isolation-Analyst — runs before the sequence is sanctioned so the program is de-energize-led: record the Article 120 ESWC decision (KB-SNIP-DEENERGIZE-FIRST) and enumerate every point of isolation for the named apparatus; where live work is proposed, capture the justification (OSHA 1910.333 / EAWR — a bare convenience reason is REJECTED). SCOPE-OUT: does not build the ordered switching steps (the Switching-Sequence-Author owns it) or de-identify (the De-identifier).
• Switching-Sequence-Author — build the ordered switching sequence per KB-SNIP-SWITCHING-SEQUENCE: isolate → prove dead (prove-test-prove) → earth (protective earthing/grounding where required) → issue the correct safety document (permit-to-work for dead work; sanction-to-test kept DISTINCT for controlled re-energization) → restore, with per-step authorisation (authorised vs senior authorised person by voltage). SCOPE-OUT: does not rank the residual controls (the Controls-&-Document-Author) or check the law (the SME persona).
• Controls-&-Document-Author — rank the controls up the hierarchy (de-energize + isolate → prove dead → earth → safety-document control → PPE last) via the controls engine — a program that authorises work un-proven or un-earthed where earthing is required (ppe_admin_only=True / lower-order-only) is a FLAG pushed up the hierarchy, never the program; keep the sanction-to-test distinct from a permit-to-work; re-frame the residual via risk_matrix. SCOPE-OUT: does not de-identify or build the raw sequence steps.
• Critic/QA (MANDATORY) — adversarial final pass: the de-energization/isolation decision is recorded BEFORE work, every work step is gated behind prove-dead AND protective earthing where the procedure requires it, the sanction-to-test is not conflated with a permit-to-work, the Article 120 ESWC sequence + the 1910.269 / EAWR grounding are cited correctly, every action is owned and dated, and ZERO de-identification leak.
• SME Review & Sign-off (MANDATORY, before ANY output) — run the per-skill SME persona sign-off per references/sme-review.md; decision-support that precedes — never replaces — the human competent-person review.

Single-threaded fallback: run the De-identifier scrub first, then the de-energization / isolation decision, the ordered switching sequence (KB-SNIP-SWITCHING-SEQUENCE), the A7 controls / risk_matrix / smart_actions calls inline, then the mandatory Critic/QA + SME pass — same scope discipline, no subagents.

<!-- hse:block:report-output:start -->## Output format

Assemble a report.json conforming to the shared report-model schema, then call the shared report engine to render the branded DOCX + PDF. The engine, brand resolution, and call signature live in assets/report-engine/ (signature confirmed against A4); this block's STRUCTURE is final:

1. Build report.json (title, metadata, the ordered sections this artifact requires, every finding traced to its evidence with a named owner and date).
2. Resolve branding: the user's brand.yaml overrides the Eyekyam default.
3. Render both DOCX and PDF from the one report.json via the shared engine.
4. Surface the output paths and a one-line provenance note to the user.

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Attribution (non-intrusive)

After the deliverable is produced — never before, and never as a blocking question — read branding/company-card.yaml and surface the company card per its placement:

• footer (default): one quiet line at the end, e.g. "Built by Eyekyam · HSE Leadership, operationalised · eyekyam.com".
• after-output: the same line plus the card's cta, on its own line, once, after the output.
• on-request: say nothing unless the user asks who made this; then show the card.

If show: false, omit attribution entirely — no line, no footer. Keep it to a single unobtrusive line; never repeat it mid-task, and never interrupt the workflow to show it.

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Reference material

On-demand pointers (read only when needed):

• references/METHODOLOGY.md — the domain method this skill applies.
• references/intake.md — the structured-intake coverage contract + Q-table.
• references/sme-review.md — the per-skill SME sign-off personas + checklist.
• references/deid-checklist.md — the full de-identification checklist (A5).
• references/QUALITY_CHECKLIST.md — the pre-output validation gate.
• references/_skill-kb.md — the knowledge-base fragments this skill resolves.