Electrical Safety

Day 1

• Pre-Test
• Electricity – How it Works (1-I)
• Electrical Terms – You Need To Know
• Common Electrical Hazards     
• Electrical Shocks
• Factors Affecting severity of Electric Shocks
• Common ways of Electric Shocks
• Typical Cases of Electrical Shocks
• Effect of Electric current on a human being (6)
• Standard IEC 60479-1- Effects of current on human beings and livestock
• Standard IEC 60364  direct contact with live part
• Standard IEC 60364  indirect contact with live part
• Understand current risks - identify the different types of risks incurred by people in an electrical installation.  (1-IV)
• Introduction
• Exercise -1 - risk of electrocution
• Exercise -2/3 - How  to identify the different types of risks incurred by people in an electrical installation.
• Exercise -4
• Exercise -5 -understanding of the earth leakage protection function in an electrical installation.
• Exercise -6 - understanding of the  difference between earth leakage protection function and C.B in an electrical installation.
• Case-1 , 2 & Conclusions
• Exercise -7 -As of what level can current flowing in the human body cause injuries?
• Exercises -8 , 9,10 ,11 & 12
• Protection against electrocution  by direct contact
• Golden Electrical safety rules
• Case Study -3
• Most common shock-Related injury - Burns
• Most common shock-related injury – Falls
  
• Electrical Arc Flash
• Electrical Arc Blast
• Tests 1 & 2 shows Arc flash/Arc Blast results on simulated Human Being
• Flash Hazard Analysis
• Typical Equipment Label
• Personal Protective Clothing
• Examples of Electrical PPE
• Safety- tip; Inspecting Voltage Rated Gloves in Field
• Hazard Recognition (1-IV)
• Electrical Hazards and How to Control Them (1-IV)
• Grounding (3-III)
• Circuit Protective Devices (3-III)
• GFCI Protection
• How a GFCI Works- Typical Example
• Types of GFCI Protection
• Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter for
• Outlets Near Water (3-IV)
• Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program (4,5)
• Control – Ground Tools & Equipment (4,5)
• Overloaded Circuits
• Power Tool Requirements (3-V)
• Tool Safety tips
• Preventing Electrical Hazards – Tools
• Clues that Electrical Hazards Exist (1-IV)
• Lockout and Tagging of Circuits (3-II)
• Safety-Related Work Practices(1-III)
• Preventing Electrical Hazards – Planning (5)
• Summary – Hazards & Protections
• Electrocution & Protective Triangles (1-III)
• Review Questions
• Golden Electrical safety rules (3)
• Group discussion & Quiz

•  Safety Requirements for Industries under the various acts, rules and standards (7) (3-I)
  
• Electrical Safety Features during maintenance of electrical equipment's and Switch Gears – (C.B and Variable speed drive) (13)
• Hazardous area (9 & 10)
• Covers flammable gases and vapors, flash points, ignition sources and explosions and interactive exercises'
• Covers hazardous areas classifications and interactive exercises
• Covers specification, use, and maintenance requirements of electrical equipment in hazardous areas and interactive exercises
• Static Electricity – Earthling –bonding (11)
• Earthling system technique and standards (14)
• Treatment of electric shock (15)
• Electrical Fire and Prevention (8)
• Typical fire fighting for oil fields (8)
• Group discussion  
• Post-test