ELECTRICAL SAFETY AWARENESS – FOR CONSTRUCTION & INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS

Under Ontario’s Occupational Health & Safety Act, employers have a general duty to provide workers with the information, instruction and supervision necessary to protect their health and safety. To this duty, is the added responsibility of ensuring that workers receive general and specific instruction and training on hazards existent in the scope of their work and how to recognize and set controls for their health and safety. Electrical safety awareness training is an important part of a company’s training effort to inform workers of hazards that exists at the workplace. Injuries from electrical contact and the associated fines laid against employers are very serious.

OUR ELECTRICAL AWARENESS PROGRAM INCLUDES:

• Duties of employers under Ontario’s OH&S Act and Regulations

• Hazards recognition and analysis of electrical work

• Electrical injuries – types and severity

• Introduction to Arc Flash and Arc Blast hazards

• NFPA standard 70E overview pertaining to Arc Flash

• Electrical Work Planning – written electrical plans

• Lock-out and Tagging procedures for electrical work

• JSA Hazard analysis – Shock, Flash, Blast, other risks

• Electrical hazard prevention and control measures

• Personal Protection Equipment for Arc Flash/Blast risks

• Arc Flash boundaries– limited, restricted, prohibited

• Safe use and condition of electrical power tools

• Ground Fault Circuit breaker protection

• Video viewing – “Arc Flash – Live to Tell”

Please contact for pricing.