- Electrical safety in the workplace is the personal responsibility of each worker.
- Electrocution continues to be one of the primary causes of workplace fatalities in North America.
- Wherever there are possible electrical hazards to people, equipment or property, the personal safety of people depends on knowing and practicing safe work procedures.
- There are several basic levels of protection and precautions taken to help people work safely around electricity:
- Implementing Engineering Controls
- Having Designated Safe Work Conditions, Procedures and Practices
- Providing PPE
- Proper Response to Emergencies
SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS, PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES
- You are made up of water and various minerals and chemicals, therefore, you are an excellent conductor of electricity.
- Because the passage of electric current depends on simultaneous contact between two different amounts of voltage, any part of the body can accidentally bridge that gap and create a new electrical circuit.