If your team is required to work with or near electrical equipment, an electrical safety risk assessment should be at the top of your to-do list. Although electrical fatalities have been steadily declining over the past two decades, job related electrical fatalities still average more that 125 per year over the last 3+ decades, including 160 reported in the U.S. in 2018. To help decrease that number, here’s an overview of electrical safety basics based on the experience and knowledge of our SMEs we teach in our ClickSafety courses, including the use of strong programs like lockout/tagout.
