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Improving Electrical Safety in the Workplace: Applying Prevention Through Design to Voltage Testing

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Fundamental to an electrical safety program is establishing electrically safe work conditions. De-energizing equipment, following adequate lockout/tagout procedures, and verifying the absence of voltage are key to accomplishing this. As… Click to show full abstract

Fundamental to an electrical safety program is establishing electrically safe work conditions. De-energizing equipment, following adequate lockout/tagout procedures, and verifying the absence of voltage are key to accomplishing this. As industry strives to make the practice of de-energizing equipment before performing electrical work standard practice, verifying the absence of voltage has become one of the most frequent tasks performed by qualified electrical workers.

Keywords: electrical safety; voltage; improving electrical; workplace applying; safety workplace

Journal Title: IEEE Industry Applications Magazine
Year Published: 2017

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