Part II, Appendix C, Electrical Safety Program
This appendix is not a part of the requirements of this NFPA document but is included for informational purposes only.
See Section 2-3 of Part II.
C-1 Typical Electrical Safety Program Principles.
Electrical safety program principles can include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Inspect/evaluate the electrical equipment
(b) Maintain the electrical equipment’s insulation and enclosure integrity
(c) Plan every job and document first-time procedures
(d) Deenergize, if possible (see 2-1.1.3)
(e) Anticipate unexpected events
(f) Identify and minimize the hazard
(g) Protect the employee from shock, burn, and blast, and other hazards that are due to the working environment
(h) Use the right tools for the job
(i) Assess people’s abilities
(j) Audit these principles
C-2 Typical Electrical Safety Program Controls.
Electrical safety program controls can include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Every electrical conductor or circuit part is considered energized until proven otherwise.
(b) No bare-hand contact is to be made with exposed energized electrical conductors or circuit parts above 50 volts to ground, unless the “bare-hand method” is properly used.
(c) Deenergizing an electrical conductor or circuit part and making it safe to work on is in itself a potentially hazardous task.
(d) Employer develops programs, including training, and employees apply them.
(e) Use procedures as “tools” to identify the hazards and develop plans to eliminate/control the hazards.
(f) Train employees to qualify them for working in an environment influenced by the presence of electrical energy.
(g) Identify/categorize tasks to be performed on or near exposed energized electrical conductors and circuit parts.
(h) Use a logical approach to determine potential hazard of task.
(i) Identify and use precautions appropriate to the working environment.
C-3 Typical Electrical Safety Program Procedures.
Electrical safety program procedures can include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Purpose of task
(b) Qualifications and number of employees to be involved
(c)Hazardous nature and extent of task
(d) Limits of approach
(e) Safe work practices to be utilized
(f) Personal protective equipment involved
(g) Insulating materials and tools involved
(h) Special precautionary techniques
(i) Electrical diagrams
(j) Equipment details
(k) Sketches/pictures of unique features
(l) Reference data