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HAZWOPER: Electrical Safety & Lockout/Tagout
Course Length: 50 minutes
Overview: When you think of hazardous waste cleanup sites, hazardous waste and other hazardous chemicals come to mind. However, some sites pose radiological and biological hazards. To remain safe in the work environment, it's important that workers have training on these hazards and protective measures to eliminate or reduce their exposure.
HAZWOPER: Electrical Safety & Lockout/Tagout is designed to familiarize workers with the basics of electrical safety, how to recognize and avoid electrical hazards, what hazardous energy is, and how to properly perform lockout/tagout procedures to help avoid incidents involving electricity and other hazardous energy.
After completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Explain electrical hazards and how a worker could become injured by electricity
- Identify common ways to prevent electrical incidents and protect themselves from electrical hazards
- Distinguish between a qualified and an unqualified employee
- List safe work practices they can use around electricity
- Describe emergency procedures they can follow if they witness an electrical injury
- Identify sources of hazardous energy
- Describe the three different types of employees recognized in a lockout/tagout program
- Recognize the difference between lockout and tagout
- Explain how to perform lockout/tagout procedures
- Describe how to handle special situations involving lockout/tagout, including group lockout/tagout, shift changes, and when an authorized employee is unavailable
Outline:
HAZWOPER: Electrical Safety & Lockout/Tagout covers the following topics:
Electricity Fundamentals
- How Electricity Works
- Electrical Hazards
- Electrical Injuries
Electrical Safety
- Electrical Safeguards
- Insulation
- Guarding
- Grounding
- Electrical Protective Devices
- Protection in Classified Locations
- Employee Training
- Safe Work Practices
- Other Precautions
- Emergency Procedures
Hazardous Energy
- Sources of Hazardous Energy
Lockout/Tagout
- OSHA Regulations
- Employee Roles
- Lockout vs. Tagout
- Locks & Tags
- Applying Lockout/Tagout
- Removing Lockout/Tagout
Special Situations & Exceptions for Lockout/Tagout
- Group Lockout/Tagout
- Shift Change
- Authorized Employee Unavailable
- Exceptions to Lockout/Tagout
Regulations covered in this course:
- 29 CFR 1910.120
- 29 CFR 1910.137
- 29 CFR 1910.147
- 29 CFR 1910.307
- 29 CFR 1910.333
- 29 CFR 1926.65
Copyright Date: 2018
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