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615 Electrical Safety - Hazards and Controls
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The Electrical Safety Model

To make sure all employees are safe before, during and after electrical work is performed, electrical workers should follow the three-step process of the Electrical Safety Model:

  1. recognize hazards
  2. evaluate risk
  3. control hazards
Electrician reviewing two wired power boxes
Recognize hazards, evaluate risk, and control hazards.

To be safe, you must think about your job and plan for hazards. To avoid injury or death, you must understand and recognize hazards. You need to evaluate the situation you are in and assess your risks. You need to control hazards by creating a safe work environment, by using safe work practices, and by reporting hazards to a supervisor or trainer.

If you do not recognize, evaluate, and control hazards, you may be injured or killed by the electricity itself, electrical fires, or falls. If you use the safety model to recognize, evaluate, and control hazards, you will be much safer at work.

Use the safety model to:

  • Recognize, evaluate, and control hazards.
  • Identify electrical hazards.
  • Don't listen to reckless, dangerous people.
  • Evaluate your risk.
  • Take steps to control hazards.

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1-8. What are the three components of the Electrical Safety Model?