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Personnel Protection for
Electrical Work
Self-Inspection Checklist

Guidelines: This checklist covers regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under the general industry standard 29 CFR 1910.335. It applies to persons who are at risk of electrical shock. This checklist does not apply to qualified persons working on generation, transmission, and distribution installations; communications installations; installations in vehicles; and railway installations. Definitions of terms in bold type are provided at the end of the checklist. See also the checklist for personal protective equipment. The regulations cited apply only to private employers and their employees, unless adopted by a State agency and applied to other groups such as public employees. A yes answer to a question indicates that this portion of the inspection complies with the OSHA or EPA standard, or with a nonregulatory recommendation.
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  1. Are students and employees who work in areas where

    2. electrical hazards exist provided with and required
    to use protective equipment that is appropriate
    for the body parts to be protected and the
    work to be performed?
    [29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Is the protective equipment maintained in good working

    2. condition and periodically inspected or tested?
    [29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(ii)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Is the insulation of protective equipment protected if

    2. it is subject to damage during use? (For example, an
    outer covering of leather may be used to protect
    rubber insulating material.)
    [29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(iii)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are employees and students required to wear

    2. nonconductive head protection if head injury might
    occur from electric shock or burns when exposed
    energized parts are contacted?
    [29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(iv)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are employees and students required to wear

    2. protective equipment for the eyes and face if
    injury might occur when electrical explosion
    causes electric arcs or flashes or flying objects?
    [29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(v)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are employees and students required to use

    2. insulated tools or handling equipment if the
    tool or equipment might contact exposed
    energized conductors or circuit parts?
    [29 CFR 1910.335(a)(2)(i)]

    Note: If the insulation of tools or handling equipment
    is subject to damage, the insulating material
    shall be protected.
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Is fuse-handling equipment that is insulated from

    2. the circuit voltage required to remove or install
    fuses when the fuse terminals are energized?
    [29 CFR 1910.335(a)(2)(i)(A)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are nonconductive ropes and handlines used near

    2. exposed energized parts?
    [29 CFR 1910.335(a)(2)(i)(B)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are protective shields, protective barriers, or insulating

    2. material used to protect employees and students from
    shock, burns, or other injuries while they work near
    exposed energized parts or where dangerous electric
    heating or arcing might occur?
    [29 CFR 1910.335(a)(2)(ii)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 
  1. Are the following techniques used to warn employees and

    2. students about hazards (such as failure of electrical
    equipment) that could cause electric shock, burns,
    or other injury?
    [29 CFR 1910.335(b)]
     
    1. Safety signs, safety symbols, or tags.

      2. [29 CFR 1910.335(b)(1)]
       
    2. Barricades shall be used with safety signs to

      3. prevent or limit access to work areas where
      people may be exposed to uninsulated
      energized conductors or circuit parts.
      Conductive barricades may not be used where
      they might cause an electrical contact hazard.
      [29 CFR 1910.335(b)(2)]
       
    3. If signs and barricades do not provide sufficient

      4. warning and protection from electrical hazards,
      an attendant shall be stationed to warn and
      protect employees and students.
      [29 CFR 1910.335(b)(3)]
 Y   N   N/A   ?? 

 
Definitions:
 
Qualified person: one who is familiar with the construction and operation of the equipment and the hazards involved. A person is likely to be considered "qualified" with regard to certain equipment in the workplace, but "unqualified" as to other equipment. A person who is undergoing on-the-job training and who, in the course of such training, has demonstrated an ability to perform duties safely at his or her level of training and who is under the direct supervision of a qualified person is considered to be a qualified person for those duties.
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