Electrical Safety Equipment

1
Electrical Safety Equipment
2
Why do we need Electrical Safety Equipment?
The Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act
says
The power supply to electrical installations,
equipment or conductors shall be disconnected,
locked out of service and tagged before any work
is done, on or near live exposed parts of the
installations, equipment or conductors.
3
Why do we need Electrical Safety Equipment?
if it is not practical to disconnect electrical
installations, equipment or conductors from the
power supply .
4
Why do we need Electrical Safety Equipment?
The worker shall use rubber gloves, mats,
shields and other protective equipment and
procedures adequate to ensure protection from
electrical shock and burns while performing the
work.
5
Examples of Electrical Safety Equipment
6
Examples of Electrical Safety Equipment

• Rubber Gloves
• Mats
• Shields
• Safety glasses or face shield
• Non conductive hard hat
• FR clothing

7
Examples of Electrical Safety Equipment

• Rubber blankets
• Insulated tools
• Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters
• Locks
• Test equipment

8
Examples of Electrical Safety Equipment

• Procedures
• Design of equipment
• Labeling of equipment
• Documentation
• Audits of the Safety Program
• Training

9
Where the Safety Equipment did not work
The following is from a news release from the
Ontario Ministry of Labour.
10
The Niagara Fall Hydro-Electric Commission was
fined 200,000 for two violations of the
Occupational Health and Safety Act that resulted
in the death of an employee.
11
The deceased was moving cables through a small
underground duct from one vault to another when
he came in contact with alive 8000 volt conductor.
The accident occurred when an insulating blanket
moved. The blanket had been covering the
energized conductors.
12
The commission was found guilty of
1. Failing to ensure that every reasonable
precaution was taken to prevent a hazard to a
worker from an energized conductor.
2. Failing to ensure that a worker used rubber
gloves, mats, shields and other protective
equipment and procedures adequate to ensure
protection from electrical shock and burns while
performing work.
13
Where the Safety Equipment worked.
Recently at Dofasco a group of our High Voltage
Electricians were doing some switching.
They had a procedure to do the work and they were
following it.
14
(No Transcript)
15
(No Transcript)
16
(No Transcript)
17
(No Transcript)
18
(No Transcript)
19
(No Transcript)
20
Electrical Safety Equipment can save your life or
prevent injury.
But only if it is used properly and routinely
inspected.
21
With the properly maintained safety equipment we
can hit the mark every time.
22
Thank You