Today I’m going to give you a brief overview of three different types of grounding systems that are important. These three systems are: Ungrounded Systems Resistance Grounded Systems Solidly Grounded Systems I’ve already talked a little bit about what grounding is, including giving a brief overview of why we do it and what it’s used for. If […]
What is Grounding?
What is grounding in an electrical sense? Anyone with a little bit of a background in electronics will tell you that grounding is something you need to keep your circuit safe and it keeps the electrical parts of your circuit from blowing up. But what is it, exactly? Grounding is a connection between an electrical […]
What is Electricity?
What is Electricity? Electricity is everywhere: it powers our homes, our transportation, and our entertainment. Electricity is the reason that you can read this article right now! But what is electricity? The importance of understanding the basics of electricity (what it is and how it works) cannot be understated. Without understanding electricity, you could not […]
6 Reasons to Have an Electrical Safety Program
When I first started researching and writing about electrical safety, I didn’t really know what an electrical safety program was or why someone would need it. I had a gut feeling that if you were someone working with electricity, an electrical safety program would keep you safe. I felt like that was enough. However, all safety […]
Electrical Safety Program Wrap Up: Documentation, Evaluation and Corrective Action
Now that you’ve finished with Implementation, you electrical safety program is almost complete. The only things left to do are to figure out how to keep track of your electrical safety program, and how to improve it. You can do this with Documentation, Evaluation, and Corrective Action. Documentation Unlike our article on Document Housekeeping, Documentation […]
Electrical Safety Program: Training and Clear Communication
The previous two articles talked about planning your electrical safety program, and included hazard identification and risk assessment. This article is going to talk about putting your plan into action. The next section to include in your own electrical safety program is Implementation. As they saying goes, you’ve planned your work and now you have […]
Electrical Safety Program: Planning Risk Assessment – What Makes an Electrically Safe Working Condition?
In our previous article, we got started with the Planning section of your electrical safety program, which included legal standards and hazard identification. This article will cover the planning portion for risk assessments. Probably the most critical part of the planning section is to define what makes for an “Electrically Safe Work Condition”. Your electrical […]
Electrical Safety Program: Planning Standards and Hazard Identification
So you’ve gathered your data and finished up with the housekeeping portion of your electrical safety program, and you’ve now also gotten your program’s roles and responsibilities clearly defined. The big question now is: what comes next? Planning The next thing you need to include in your electrical safety program is the Planning section. Here […]
Electrical Safety Program: Health and Safety, Your Roles and Responsibilities
Now that we’ve gotten all of the data gathered on your current working situation, and we’ve finished with all the preliminaries, we can get started with the General Occupational Health and Safety section of your electrical safety program! Your General OHS should reiterate the purpose of your electrical safety program. It should begin with a […]
Your Electrical Safety Program: Document Housekeeping
Once you have all of the necessary data in one spot for the electrical safety program, you will have to start organizing the binder, or electronic file for the document itself. Let’s start with the document housekeeping, this will give you a visual checklist of all the sections that need to be addressed.. The first tasks that need to be […]