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Electrical LOTO
Electrical LOTO
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Introduction
⚫ Electrical safety / Lock-out / Tag-out procedures
are part of the district safety program.
⚫ This presentation is designed to provide
information for your use.
⚫ You will want to take specific notes on this
presentation to remind yourselves of the process
and what steps you need to take when you leave
this class. You have been provided paper and
pen for this purpose.
Agenda
⚫ Overview
⚫ Statistics
⚫ How Electricity Works
⚫ Resistors
⚫ Insulators / Conductors
⚫ How Shock Occurs
⚫ Shock & the Human Body
⚫ Burns & Other Injuries
⚫ Preventing Electrical Hazards
⚫ Insulation
⚫ Guarding
⚫ Grounding
⚫ Circuit Protection devices
⚫ Safe Work Practices
⚫ Overhead Lines
⚫ Tool Inspections
⚫ Lock-out / Tag-out
⚫ Care of Cords and Equipment
⚫ Summary
Overview
⚫ We all use equipment and deal with
electricity, and must be intimately involved
in this process.
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Statistics
⚫ Over 6,000 work-related deaths occur each
year in workplaces employing11 workers
or more.
⚫ Six percent of the fatalities, or around 347
deaths, were the direct result of
electrocutions at work