Workflows at Work: Hazardous Area Equipment Inspections

Streamline Your Hazardous Area Equipment (HAEQ) Inspections with HUVR

Hazardous Area Equipment (HAEQ) inspections are critical for safety and compliance, no matter what you call them—EEHA, EX, or HAEQ. These inspections of electrical equipment in explosive atmospheres are some of the most vital tasks for asset owners and service providers. Staying compliant with OSHA standard 1910.307 requires regular inspections of equipment in these dangerous areas. One oversight could lead to catastrophic outcomes, including serious injuries, destruction of assets, and hefty fines.

Traditionally, these inspections, often conducted every four years with annual spot checks, rely on paper checklists or cumbersome Excel sheets. The sheer volume of equipment makes integration with legacy asset integrity platforms like SAP or APM challenging. Consequently, managing inspections, generating reports, and accessing historical data often becomes a site-specific, fragmented effort.

With HUVR, you can overcome these hurdles. Our platform simplifies field data collection, automates reporting, stores historical data, and provides actionable findings, all in one place.

Setup: Tailored Workflows for Precise Inspections

HAEQ inspections often involve a large volume of equipment with many components, from junction boxes to control panels. This demands highly granular project setups to ensure the right data is collected from the right sources—a common challenge for other asset integrity systems.

Our expert support team works directly with you to create customized workflows in HUVR that align with your specific organizational needs and regulatory guidelines. This ensures your inspections are simple, standardized, and compliant.

• Standardized Checklists: We build checklists for Class I or Class II HAEQ in a standardized format that meets local jurisdictional requirements. Pre-set choices and custom language ensure consistent data and answers across all subcontractors.
• Targeted Inspections: By combining asset and project types within the HUVR system, you can mandate and confirm that the correct, specific inspection is performed on the right equipment.
• Secure Access: Project access is granted on an as-needed basis, configurable at individual, crew or subcontractor levels. This means each team member has only the access they require, protecting sensitive customer data. You can even grant focused access to third-party contractors, allowing them to send notifications and exit the system seamlessly.
• Automated Scheduling: HUVR includes an automated scheduling system to create necessary inspections at required intervals, ensuring compliance and preventing missed deadlines.

Execution: Efficient On-Site Data Capture and Reporting

Inspections can be completed on our mobile app. Once project access is granted, crews are assigned, and third-party contractors are notified in the HUVR system, inspections can begin. Technicians can efficiently survey hazardous area equipment for potential ignition sources, equipment condition, and general wear and tear.

• Offline Capabilities: Conduct inspections in the field, capturing images and video footage, even without an internet connection. Our offline capabilities allow you to retroactively assign locations to data sets, so you can perform inspections and upload data once back online, keeping all captured media organized by asset.
• Mass Media Storage and Streaming: HUVR’s cloud-enabled, all-in-one platform allows technicians to store and stream large quantities of media, eliminating the need for cumbersome USBs and lengthy load times.
• GPS Tag Equipment: Often, simply locating all equipment is a significant challenge. HUVR can geo-locate equipment during the survey, streamlining future inspections and ensuring no asset is missed.
• Integrated Data and Historical Insights: Pull historical equipment data into the field to clarify what has changed.
• Automated Reporting: Reports are automatically generated in HUVR, providing a clear picture of equipment integrity without the need for additional reporting tools.

Remediation: Swift Action on Identified Issues

HUVR’s reports and dashboards offer inspectors crucial insights into equipment condition, enabling swift and effective action on identified issues—a critical time-saver when dealing with hazardous potential ignition sources. Report formatting is fully configurable to your requirements.

• Proactive Monitoring: If no issues are detected, asset condition information is uploaded to the cloud for future inspections and routine monitoring.
• Streamlined Issue Resolution: When an issue is identified, subject matter experts (SMEs) can be notified, easily review findings, and order replacements with HUVR’s findings management system. The resolution process is documented, providing a complete history for future inspectors.

Outcome: Faster, Smarter HAEQ Inspections

With HUVR, technicians and asset owners can complete Hazardous Area Equipment inspections swiftly and easily in one centralized platform.

• Halve Reporting Time: Inspections completed in HUVR significantly reduce the time it takes to report compared to paper-based methods, and organizing large quantities of inspections becomes effortless.
• Comprehensive Asset Health: Historical data, previously lost in paper records or spreadsheets, is now accessible anytime. This provides a more comprehensive view of asset health, leading to higher quality monitoring and detection.
• Informed Decisions, Reduced Risk: Make replacement decisions with confidence thanks to complete asset health history, and swiftly mitigate hazardous ignition risks with HUVR’s all-in-one Reliability Automation Platform.

Ready to transform your HAEQ inspections? Contact HUVRdata today for a demo!