Electrical safety basics
Don't work with exposed conductors carrying 50 volts or more. Make sure electrical equipment is properly connected, grounded and in good working order. Extension cords may not be used as permanent wiring and should be removed after temporary use for an activity or event.
essential to modern life, both at home and on the job. Some employees — engineers, electricians, electronic technicians, and power line workers, among them - work with electricity directly. Others, such as office workers and sales people, work with it indirectly. Perhaps because it has become such a familiar part of our daily life, many of us don't give much thought to how much our work depends on a reliable source of electricity. More importantly, we tend to overlook the hazards electricity poses and fail to treat it with the respect it deserves.
standards cover many electrical hazards in many different industries. general industry electrical safety standards are published in:
- Design Safety Standards for Electrical Systems,
- Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices Standards.
also has electrical safety standards for
- Construction - Subpart .
- Marine terminals reference the general industry electrical standards in Subpart .
- Shipyard standards cover limited electrical safety work practices .
