Electrocution Hazards Part I: Worksite Safety

The first in a two-part series on electrocution hazards, This Interactive course on Electrocution Hazards Part I: Worksite Safety discusses the electrical hazards that can be found on a job site, the OSHA standards that have been established to protect workers from them, and what employees should do to avoid accidents and injuries involving electricity. Getting things done on a job site can require plenty of electrical energy, and it’s easy to forget that electricity can cause painful shocks, burns… even “electrocution”. Every year, it causes hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries in the construction industry. But these incidents could have been prevented. Areas covered in the course include electrical hazards and OSHA standards, high voltage power lines, tools, extension cords and receptacles, grounding, continuity and GFCIs, lock-out/tag-out and more.

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Topics covered in these products include:

  • Understand how hundreds of deaths and injuries in the construction industry are caused by electricity every year.
  • Understand that most electrical injuries can be prevented.
  • Be able to describe the federal standards that have been established to protect you from electrical hazards and
  • electrocution.
  • Know what you can do to work more safely with electricity and avoid electrocution.
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Associated Industries: Construction Environments.
Associated Topic Titles: Construction Safety, Electrical Safety, Lock-Out / Tag-Out.


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