OSHA's official Construction Focus Four slide deck on electrocution hazards: overhead lines, contact with energized sources, improper use of cords and tools.
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· 20 slides · by U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA
The words on each slide as the author wrote them, read from the file by software so they can be searched. Layout, pictures and tables are not shown here: the slides above and the download are the original.
- Slide 1
Recognize Any Hazard(s)?
- Slide 2
Yes
- No employer shall permit a worker to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the worker could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work
- Slide 3
Recognize Any Hazard(s)?
- Slide 4
Yes
- Crossing electrical line must be supported, protected or removed to safeguard workers
- Slide 5
Recognize Any Hazard(s)?
- Slide 6
Yes
- Spliced electrical extension cords. Extension cords should be marked DO NOT USE. Also, bad housekeeping, trip hazard and unprotected hole in photograph
- Slide 7
Recognize Any Hazard(s)?
- Slide 8
YES
- 1. No GFCI
- 2. System not grounded
- 3. Openings where conductors entered not closed
- 4. No cover on boxes
- 5. Panel boards were not dead front
- Slide 9
Recognize Any Hazard(s)?
- Slide 10
YES
- Electric drill flexible cord was spliced to a non-flexible conductor with damaged insulation
- Slide 11
Recognize Any Hazard(s)?
- Slide 12
Yes
- Scaffold was erected 4 ½ feet from 7.2 kV power lines
- Slide 13
Recognize Any Hazard(s)?
- Slide 14
YES
- Continuous path to ground not maintained; multiple cords used for fixed equipment
- Slide 15
Recognize Any Hazard(s)?
- Slide 16
YES
- Employer was operating a stand fan without grounding protection
- Slide 17
Recognize Any Hazard(s)?
- Slide 18
Yes
- Conductors entering boxes, cabinets, or fittings shall be protected from abrasion. Openings through which conductors enter shall be effectively closed
- Slide 19
Recognize Any Hazard(s)?
- Slide 20
Yes
- Flexible cords and cables may pass through doorways or other pinch points, if protection is provided to avoid damage
