OBJECTIVES

Module 1:
•Know the roles and responsibilities of employees
and management in safety.

•Define a safety violation.

•Know the procedures for reporting safety

violations.

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Module 1 Topics

 What role do employees

and management play in
safety?
 What is a safety violation?
 What are the procedures
for reporting safety
violations?

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What is management’s role in safety?

Management must:
 Create and maintain a
safe work environment.
 Determine and arrange
for appropriate safety
training.
 Inspect work areas and
equipment for hazards.

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What is management’s role in safety?

Management must also:

 Enforce company safety
procedures.
 Report and correct safety
violations or accidents.
 Be a safety role model.

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 What is the employee’s role in safety?

 Follow all safety

procedures as detailed in
specs.
 Report all safety hazards
and violations.
 Ensure all employees
(including contractors and
vendors) comply with
safety procedures.

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What is the employee’s role in safety?

 Recognize electrical
hazards and make
sound judgments on
your ability to do a job
safely.
 Be qualified and trained
to work on electrically
energized equipment
for your job.

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 What is a safety violation?
A situation in which:
 The task being performed
contradicts the stated policy,
training, or good common
sense (not wearing proper
PPE for the job).
 Personal safety is impacted by
the way a person works (not
following specs fix equipment
or using shortcuts).
Safety is owned by you!
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What are the procedures for reporting safety violations?

If you observe a
safety violation, you
 STOP the violation, if possible.
should:  REPORT, verbally, the
situation to the supervisor in
charge immediately.
 RECORD the details in written
memo form.
 FOLLOW-UP with the
supervisor on what is being
done.

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 OBJECTIVE

Module 2
•Define basic electrical terms.

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 Module 2 Topics
What are the definitions of these terms?
 Electricity  Ohms
 Current  Direct current
 Voltage  Alternating
 Resistance current

 Amps  Conductor
 Volts  Insulator

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What is an electrical conductor?
 A material having many
free electrons that can
move easily.
 Metals (especially copper)
are good conductors.
 A copper wire will allow
billions of electrons to flow
in the same direction to
create a great source of
electrical current.

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What is an electrical insulator?

 A material having few free

electrons that cannot move
easily.
 Rubber, dry wood, porcelain,
and clay are good insulators.
 Insulators prevent electricity
from flowing where it should
not flow and control the flow
of electricity in order to
prevent accidents.

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 OBJECTIVE

Module 3:
•Explain how electrical current can enter the
body and its effects.

•Identify ways to protect yourself from

electrical current.

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Module 3 Topics
How does current enter
and travel through the
human body?
How does current affect
the body?
How can you protect
yourself from electrical
current?
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 How does current enter the body?

 Typical points of
entry are the hands
and feet as they
come in contact
with electrical
current.
 Moisture beneath a
ring or watch will
decrease the skin's
resistance and
allow current flow.

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How does current travel through the body?

 The body, composed mostly of

water, is a conductor of
electricity, so current travels
easily.
 Current travels the path of least
resistance to complete its circuit.
 This path could be through upper
limbs or between upper and
lower limbs.
 If this includes the heart and
respiratory systems, it can result
in serious injury.

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 RESISTANCE OF THE HUMAN BODY
TO DIFFERENT AMPERAGES

8 - 15 m.a. - Pain
15 - 20 m.a. - Pain, loss of muscular control
20 - 100 m.a. - intense pain and paralysis of
breathing muscles;
- possible suffocation.
100 - 200 m.a. - Ventricular fibrillation which
will cause death.
 How can you protect yourself from electrical current?

Understand the basics:

 How current flows through a
circuit (the greater the current
the greater the danger).
 Which materials are conductors
and which are insulators.
 How small measurements of
electrical current can still be
very dangerous, especially if
there is no resistance.

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How can you protect yourself from
electrical current?
When working around electrical
equipment, NEVER:
 Make repairs unless the power is
off and unplugged from the
circuit.
 Use equipment or appliances with
frayed cords.
 Operate, repair, submerge or work
with equipment in or around
water.
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 How can you protect yourself from
electrical current?
When working around electrical
equipment, ALWAYS:
 Remove all conductors such as
metal jewelry and watches.
 Remove pagers and portable
phones.
 Use required PPE such as insulated
tools, gloves, and floor mats.
 Keep your skin dry!

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 Electrical Burns

Exit Wound
Entrance Wound
Arc or Flash Burns Thermal Contact Burns
Internal Injuries
Involuntary Muscle Contraction
 Current flows through the body from the entrance point,
until finally exiting where the body is closest to the ground.
Worst case of electrical-related accident!