Electrical Safety Program Development

Purpose

Electrical Safety Programs are developed to prevent electrical injuries to all personnel in the workplace. The
implementation of and adherence to the program creates an electrically safe workplace to ensure all employees, contractors, and visitors are protected from electrical hazards capable of causing injury or death.

Electrical Safety Programs are intended to protect all personnel from electrical shock, arc-flash,and fire hazards of electrical origin. The programs are also intended to ensure compliance to OSHA electrical safety requirements published as Federal Law in the Code of Federal Regulations 29 CFR 1910.

An Electrical Safety Program must apply to all employees, contractors, and vendors that may be exposed to electrical hazards in the course of performing their work including examination, maintenance, repair, diagnostics, troubleshooting, calibrating, and installation.

NFPA 70E
110.7 (A) General The employer shall implement an overall electrical safety program that directs activity appropriate for the voltage, energy level, and circuit conditions.

Klingler Electrical Safety, LLC will save you hundreds of hours developing an Electrical Safety Program. With an extensive background in electrical safety and training Klingler Electrical Safety will recommend detailed topics and language, specific to your facility that should be included in your Electrical Safety Program.

John Klingler, P.E. will help you develop your Electrical Safety Program. He is nationally-recognized as an expert on NFPA 70E and has written three well-published articles on NFPA 70E, including one published by NFPA in their NEC Digest magazine; providing a common-sense approach to apply electrical safety in the workplace. John consistently receives compliments from OSHA personnel, management, and labor; for providing needed information on this subject in an easy-to-understand manner. John is a Professional Engineer, was formerly a licensed Master Electrician, a Department of Labor certified Electrical Instructor, and has been an MSHA certified electrician in low, medium and high voltage. John has been approved as an OSHA instructor for 10-hour General Industry Safety Training, and has taught IACET approved courses in Basic Industrial Electricity, Hands-on Troubleshooting, National Electrical Code, and Electrical Safety. With over 25 years of experience in management, engineering, supervision and as an electrician, along with 6 years of electrical training experience, John brings the perspective of management, engineering, and the electrician to your project. John has personally provided arc-flash hazard analyses for several nationally-recognized companies, helped develop numerous electrical safety programs, and can speak of real world findings and results.

ELECTRICAL SAFETY PROGRAM
(EXAMPLE OF A COMPREHENSIVE OUTLINE)

FUNDAMENTALS Purpose Scope Principles Definitions Responsibilities Regulations, Codes, and Standards QUALIFICATION Qualified Persons - Requirements - Qualified Person - Task-Qualified Person - Qualified vs Task Qualified - Determining Qualification - Non-Qualified Persons Training - General Requirements - Qualified Persons - Task-Qualified Persons - Non-Qualified Persons Contractors, Vendors, and Suppliers DESIGN and INSTALLATION Design Considerations Layout and Sizing Entrances Working Space Installation Listed or Labeled Interrupting Rating Operating Environments Guarding Abandoned Cables Clearances TemporaryWiring IDENTIFICATION and LABELING Electrical Equipment Identification Conductor Identification Warning Labels Flash Hazard Warning Labels DRAWINGS, REPORTS, and TESTS Drawings - Single-Line Electrical Drawings - Classified Area Drawings Reports - Arc-Flash Hazard Analysis - Electrical Safety Audit - Electrical Compliance Report - Lockout-Tagout Annual Audit Tests - Infrared Scanning - Relay Testing - Circuit Breaker Tests - Transformer Analysis

SAFETY RELATED WORK PRACTICES Job Planning Hazardous Locations Electrically Safe Work Condition Temporary Grounding Energized ElectricalWork Permit Hazard Analysis Methods - Theoretical Analysis - NFPA 70E Analysis - IEEE Standard 1584 Analysis Shock Hazards Analysis - Limited Approach Boundary - Restricted Approach Boundary - Prohibited Approach Boundary Flash Hazard Analysis - Flash Boundary - Detailed Arc-Flash Hazard - Analysis - No Detailed Analysis PPE for Arc -Flash - Detailed Arc-Flash Hazard - Analysis - No Detailed Analysis Completing a Detailed Arc - Flash Hazard Analysis - Phase I -Data Collection - Phase II - Engineering - Analysis Lockout / Tagout - Individual - Simple - Complex - SafetyWatch - Left-Hand Rule - Illumination - Confined Work Space - Manhole Entry - Conductive Materials and - Equipment - Conductive Apparel - Housekeeping - Interlocks - Using Test Equipment - Resetting Tripped Devices - Fuse Handling - Flammable Materials - Switching Procedures Overhead Powerlines - Vehicles and Mechanical - Equipment - Direct Current (DC) - Alerting Techniques - First Aid

EQUIPMENT Test Equipment Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCI) Circuit Breakers Portable Electrical Equipment Hand Tools Extension Cords Flexible Cords and Cables Disconnecting Devices Portable Ladders Capacitors Current Transformers Uninterruptible Power Supplies Batteries Power Electronic Equipment PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT General Hand Protection - Voltage Rated Gloves Head Protection Face Shields Hearing Protection Safety Glasses Footwear Clothing - Cleaning Insulated Tools Live-Line Tools Protective Shields / Barriers and InsulatingMaterials PROCEDURES LOCKOUT / TAGOUT TEMPORARY GROUNDING VOLTAGE AND CURRENT MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE CHECKLISTS ENERGIZED ELECTRICAL WORK PERMIT LOCKOUT / TAGOUT ELECTRICAL SAFETY TRAINING JOB PLANNING POLICIES CORPORATE FACILITY   REQUEST A QUOTATION 812-240-9134 john@klinglerelectricalsafety.com