Electrical Safety Awareness
Electrical Safety Awareness
from $300.00
This course will introduce common hazards associated with electricity
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Working with electricity can be dangerous. Every year, between 300 and 500 people in the U.S. are killed by electrocutions at work. To handle electricity safely, you need to know how it acts, how it can be controlled, and its hazards. Workers performing service or maintenance on machinery and equipment may be injured by the unexpected startup of the machinery or equipment, or release of stored electrical energy in the equipment. In fact, failure to lock out machinery before working on it is a major cause of injury and death in the United States.
Course topics include:
- How electricity works
- Conductors and insulators
- How electric shock occurs
- Safe practices for working with and around electricity
- The Purpose of Lockout/Tagout
- Who is covered and what activities are covered by the Lockout/Tagout standard
- Elements of an Energy Control Program
- Types of lockout/tagout devices
- Who is required to lockout or tagout
- Steps for attaching and removing locks and tags
- Periodic inspections of Lockout/Tagout