Occupational Safety and Health Administration 29 CFR 1910.331-.335, "Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices" regulation has been in force for over 20 years.

A lockout/tagout procedure can’t say something as simple as, “Lock out the electrical supply”. It must specify which equipment is to be locked out. Or as NFPA 70E says, “A lockout/tagout procedure ...

NFPA 70E says that an electrical safety program shall identify the procedures employees must use before they can start work if they are expected to be exposed to electrical hazards [Sec. 110.5(G)].

This safety procedure provides guidelines for safely working around electrical hazards. It includes provisions for training, lockout requirements, and specific types of work practices and the required ...

All safety -- especially electrical safety -- is personal to employees. Little else matters to them unless electrically safe work conditions can be created and maintained through their work ...

Electrical safety procedures involve a range of best practices to protect workers exposed to electrical hazards, including requirements around safety training, shutting off power prior to working ...

Smart switches are able to automatically shut off electricity when a branch, animal or debris contacts powerlines, helping to ...

Safety management is an important part of running a business. Not only is the preservation of employee welfare mandated by OSHA, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, but ...

This procedure applies to all university facilities staff including electricians, laborers or any other individual that may remove an electrical ballast from service. It also applies to all outside ...

Protecting workers from electrical injury has been the essential mission of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, 5 since the mid-1970s, when it was first developed at the request ...