Safe Work
Practices for the Electrician
Ray A. Jones
Jane G. Jones
The Complete Electrical Safe Work
Practices Training Solution!
Every year electrical injuries
and fatalities result from improper work practices being carried out
on-the-job. In order to prevent these fatalities, electricians must
learn the safest practices for approaching and performing specific
tasks.
Safe Work
Practices for the Electrician takes a unique, blended
learning approach to the topic to provide students and working
electricians with a clear overview of how to accurately incorporate
safety regulations and theory with every day work tasks.
Based on
NFPA 70EŽ 2009, the
National Electrical Code, and the most current OSHA
regulations, this introductory text covers the fundamentals of
electrical safety along with common work practice hazards, providing
tips for identifying potential dangers and ways to avoid or mitigate
each risk for the protection of electrical workers.
Expert explanations are
accompanied by actual accounts from the field to help students
understand the root cause of electrical accidents, while "Best
Practice" boxes assist comprehension of key processes students will
encounter in the field.
Safe Work Practices for the Electrician covers:
- Arc Flash and Arc Blast
- Generating and Storing Energy
- Avoiding Exposure to Energy
- The Electrical Safety Program
- Electrical Incident Response Procedures
- Lockout/Tagout
- Selecting and Using Voltmeters
- Personal Protective Equipment
Contents:
Section I General Safe Work Practices
1: Introduction to Electrical Safe Work Practices
2: Planning and Communication
3: Ethics and Professionalism
4: Electrical Hazards
5: Exposure Management
6: Protecting the Person
7: The Electrical Safety Program
8: Introduction to Electrical Standards
9: Human Behaviors
10: Recognizing Unsafe Installations
11: Preparing for Incidents and Injuries
12: Safety by Design
Section II Specific Work Practices
13: Conducting a Job Briefing
14: Performing Repetitive Tasks
15: Using Lockout/Tagout
16: Coordinating Work with Other Contractors (Blue Tag-Green Tag)
17: Authorizing Tasks
18: Selecting and Using Voltmeters
19: Testing for Absence of Voltage
20: Recognizing the Importance of Body Position
21: Using Insulated and Insulating Tools
22: Using Warnings Against Hazards
23: Installing and Removing Temporary Safety Grounds
24: Grounding Line Trucks, Cranes, and Lifting Devices
25: Installing Necessary Lighting
26: Avoiding Blind Reaching
27: Maintaining Alertness
28: Handling Conductive Material
29: Using Mobile Equipment
30: Performing Routine Housekeeping and Maintenance
31: Performing Housekeeping in Classified Hazardous Locations
32: Using Flammable Materials
33: Recognizing Impending Failure
34: Operating Switches Routinely
35: Selecting and Using PPE
36: Relying on Approach Distances
37: Caring for Voltmeters
38: Using Portable Ladders
39: Avoiding the Use of Conductive Apparel
40: Respecting Interlock
41: Closing Doors and Replacing Covers
42: Closing Holes in Equipment
43: Drilling into Enclosures and Using Knockout Punches
44: Working in Confined Spaces
45: Marking and Labeling
46: Using Hazard/Risk Analysis
47: Opening and Closing Circuits Routinely
48: Reclosing Circuits After Protective Device Operation
49: Caring for PPE
50: Checking and Replacing Fuses
Softcover
348 Pages
Copyright 2009
About the
Authors:
Ray A. Jones, PE
Industrial electrical safety has become a passion for Ray and Jane
Jones. As a professional electrical engineer, Ray came to understand
that electrical safety processes associate with people are
more important than those associate with installations and equipment.
He and Jane spend their time communicating that message.
A User's Guide to Electrical
PPE is their fifth book on electrical safety.
Ray has served on several national consensus committees and panels and
chairs the NFPA 70E Technical Committee. He has authored many
published articles in industry journals and has presented numerous
papers and tutorials at technical conferences, all focused on
electrical safety issues. Ray retired from DuPont after 35 years of
service working with industrial electrical systems and installations.
Jane G. Jones is an editor, author, and technical writer.
She has authored and edited numerous technical journal articles and
has been the technical writer for various codes and standards
associated with electrical safety
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