Electrical Safety: Hazards, Controls, and Best Practices Overview
Learning objectives
- Identify hazards of working with electricity
- Identify safety controls your employer will use to protect you and your co-workers from electrical hazards
- Identify best practices and procedures that will protect you and your co-workers from electrical hazards
Course overview
This lesson builds upon the Electrical Safety: General Awareness lesson and addresses the hazards of working with electricity, electrical preparation and installation practices, as well as best practices for using personal protective equipment, arc-flash hazards and controls, and lock-out/tag-out procedures. It’s recommended that students complete the Electrical Safety: General Awareness lesson prior to taking this lesson. Completing this lesson does not designate an employee as an electrically-qualified worker.
The individuals involved in the development and promotion of this course do not receive any compensation or financial benefits outside of their regular employment for their work on this course.
- 15 minutes
- Format: Online Interactive
- English
Course Outline
- Electrical Safety: Hazards, Controls, and Best Practices Overview
Regulations
- National Fire Protection Association Standards NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S - Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices - 1910.301 Introduction
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S - Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices - 1910.303 General
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S - Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices - 1910.304 Wiring design and protection
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S - Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices - 1910.307 Hazardous (classified) locations
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S - Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices - 1910.308 Special systems
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S - Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices - 1910.332 Training
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S - Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices - 1910.333 Selection and use of work practices
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S - Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices - 1910.334 Use of equipment
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S - Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices - 1910.335 Safeguards for personnel protection
- OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart K - Electrical - 1926.416 General requirements
- OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart K - Electrical - 1926.417 Lockout and tagging of circuits