Electrical Safety: General Awareness Overview
Learning objectives
- Identify the hazards associated with electricity: shock and fire
- Explain how electricity works regarding hazards on the job
- Describe basic safety controls and practices at work
- Identify and explain how to respond to electrical emergencies
Course overview
The goal of the lesson is to provide an overview that prepares workers to work safely with and around electricity. This lesson does not address arc-flash hazards and controls, lock-out/tag-out procedures, or high voltage (220V or 440V) electrical safety.
- 9 minutes
- Format: Online Interactive
- English , Spanish
Course Outline
- Electrical Safety: General Awareness Overview
Regulations
- 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 - 1910.332 Training
- 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 - 1910.335 Safeguards for personnel protection
- National Fire Protection Association Standards NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace
- 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