ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTORS

For Employees do you:

• Enforce the use of nonconductive safety shoes, hard hats and lifelines/harnesses?
• Advise the use of: barrier creams?  respirators in areas of vapor concentration?
• Require electricians to be licensed?
• Comply with upgraded techniques, product codes, and regulations?
• Restrict employees from wearing jewelry?
• Train employees in first aid, including CPR?

For Pre-Job do you:

• Consult utilities before digging?  Pre-mark all utility lines?

For Operations do you:

• Make available Class C fire extinguishers in proximity to all works areas?
• Use and maintain handrails, grips, safety lines or belts?
• Follow specifications outlined in the blueprints and National Electrical Code?
• Use explosion-proof systems in appropriate areas installed to manufactures' specs?
• Use UL approved or equivalent fixtures?
• Keep records of purchases of equipment and site of installation?
• Protect branch circuits by using the proper size fuse or circuit breaker?
• Provide adequate instruction/warnings for safe operation with each fixture/system?
• Install ground fault circuit interrupters wherever appropriate?
• Make certain that the current is cut off during operations?
• Recheck de-energized circuits before work has begun?
• Ensure that all equipment, tools, wearing apparel, and job surfaces are dry?
• Assign only experienced personnel to work on hot, or energized, circuits?
• Have an assured equipment grounding conductor program, to OSHA standards?
• Protect unfinished electrical wiring? Conduct a final inspection at day's end?
• Properly secure fixtures to ceiling or walls?
• Restrict smoking in and around unfinished construction?

For Equipment do you:

• Use ladders, scaffolds, or hoisting equipment that complies with safety codes?
• Inspect equipment periodically and maintain it in good condition?
• Use non-metallic ladders when in danger of contacting any energy source?
• Follow manufactures'/suppliers/ recommendations for scaffolding use?
• Properly ground electrical equipment, power tools and extension cords?
• Maintain inventory control of supplies and equipment?
• Properly secure loads?  Use special racks to fasten ladders to vehicles?