Definition(s)
Entry
“Entry” means the action by which a person passes through an opening into a space. Entry includes ensuing work activities in that space and is considered to have occurred as soon as any part of the entrant’s body breaks the plane of an opening into the space.
Source: Resolution MEPC.210(63), 2012 Guidelines for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling, 2 March 2012, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
Entry, cable (cable gland)
A device permitting the introduction of an electric cable into an electrical apparatus.
Source: API RP 14F, Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2 Locations, Fifth Edition, July 2008. Global Standards
Entry, direct
A method of connection of an electrical apparatus to the external circuits by means of the connecting facilities inside the main enclosure or in a terminal compartment having a free opening to the main enclosure see IEC 60050, IEV 426-04-07.
Source: API RP 14F, Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2 Locations, Fifth Edition, July 2008. Global Standards
Entry, indirect
A method of connection of an electrical apparatus to the electrical circuits by means of a terminal box or a plug and socket connection which is external to the main enclosure, see IEC 60050, IEV 426-04-08.
Source: API RP 14F, Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2 Locations, Fifth Edition, July 2008. Global Standards