Arc Flash and Electrical Safety Best Practices (NFPA 70E 2024)
Learning objectives
- Differentiate between arc flash and electric shock
- Recall hazards, injuries, and indirect consequences related to arc flash and electric shock
- Recognize the way approach protection boundaries are determined
- Match approach boundary criteria with worker qualifications
- Identify necessary training and skills for qualified workers
- Recall primary elements of an electrical safety program
- Recognize the purpose of lock and tag procedures
- Identify different types of lock and tag devices
- Identify basic procedural steps for lock and tag
- Identify the requirements for the use of test instruments and equipment
- Recall the requirements, benefits, and components of a job briefing
- Identify the requirements, benefits, and components of an energized work permit
- Recall PPE responsibilities and requirements related to work around energized electrical equipment and parts
Course overview
The purpose of the NFPA 70E (2024 edition) is to provide a standard for safety-related work practices for the construction, maintenance, operation and demolition of electrical systems in the workplace. This awareness-level course introduces qualified electrical or skilled craft workers to the formal requirements of the NFPA 70E standard (2024 edition). The content can also be used as refresher training for workers already familiar with the NFPA 70E requirements or for workers who need to become aware of the newer particular compliance requirements of the NFPA 70E (2024 edition). This course is not designed to train workers into the electrical craft. Completing this lesson does not designate an employee as either a qualified, or unqualified, electrical 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.
- 50 minutes
- Format: Online Interactive
- Course ID: 199
English, Spanish, French Canadian, Korean, Russian, Thai, Chinese (Simplified), German, Hindi, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Arc Flash and Electric Shock
- Making Work Safe
- Elements of an Electrical Safety Program
- The Importance of Best Practices
- Lock and Tag
- Use of Test Equipment
- Job Briefings and Energized Work Permits
- Personal Protective Equipment
Regulations
- NFPA 70E - Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace (2024 Edition)
- OSHA 1910 Subpart I Personal Protective Equipment
- OSHA 1910 Subpart S Electrical
- OSHA 1910.335 - Safeguards for Personnel Protection
- OSHA 1926.28 Personal Protective Equipment