Key learnings:
- Cooperation: Safety requires the cooperation of all workers involved.
- Awareness: Workers must be aware of all safety rules and regulations.
- Voltage Danger: Treat all voltage levels as dangerous, even if they don’t cause shock.
- Dead Circuit: Ensure the circuit is off before starting any work.
- Personal Protective Equipment: Use appropriate safety gear to protect yourself.
Electrical work stays safe only if every person on the job follows the site isolation rules. Know those rules before you touch plant. Do not wear loose clothing that can catch on live parts.
Keep the workplace clear and well lit. Treat every voltage as live, including levels that may not produce a felt shock. Prove the circuit is isolated before you touch it for repair or maintenance.
- We have to switch off, isolate and properly earth the circuit before doing any work with the circuit.
- We shall only execute the work after getting properly issued work permit from the concerned operating personal.
- The work permit can only be issued after making the circuit completely dead, isolated and earthed.
- We must display Danger Board at the place of work.
- We should not allow any unauthorized person to enter in the working place.
- We should not put any new equipment into the service without necessary testing by authority.
- All electrical equipments, bays, circuits, should be identified by properly viewable labels to avoid any mistake.
- We should not work on electrical circuit during heavy lightning storm.
- We should wear shoes having sewn soles, preferably insulated rubber soles.
- We should not wear suspenders, arm bands, with metal buckets or other metal parts. We also do not wear metal key chain or metal keepers for key rings or watch rings outside the clothing during work. We should always, take extra precaution while work in extra damp area.
- When there is a hurry to do the work, the tired and exhausted workers should be avoided to do so.
- We should not toss the tools or working materials to other person. It is better to deliver the tools and materials hand to hand.
- Do not place tools at the edge of equipment or structures where they might fall.
- Avoid actions that could startle someone working in a hazardous condition.
