This event was originally broadcast on December 5, 2024
Now Available On-Demand
Duration: 1 houR
Summary
Industry has been implementing the requirements of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, for more than 20 years. The recently published 2024 Edition continues in its refinement of electrical hazard classification, electrical hazard identification, and risk assessment. NFPA 70E is also aligned with other Standards and specifically — with respect to the mandatory requirements in Article 110.5 Electrical Safety Program — that an employer shall develop and implement an Electrical Safety Program, and ANSI Z10 or ISO 45001 should be referenced.
In this webinar, electrical safety expert Terry Becker, P.Eng., CESCP, IEEE Senior Member will review the new requirements for a company’s electrical safety program, including training of employees on its policies, practices, processes, and procedural requirements. The employer’s electrical safety program is required to document a “risk assessment procedure.” Attendees will come away from this webinar with answers to these critical questions for performing authorized and approved energized electrical work tasks:
- Do you understand — and can you identify — the electrical hazards related to assigned work tasks?
- Have you been provided appropriate risk control methods, and do you apply them in the field?
- Do you understand the risk control methods required to be applied to achieve an acceptable residual risk level?
- Are you effectively managing the likelihood of occurrence with focus on human performance?
- Do you know your residual risk?
Speakers
Terry Becker
Terry Becker, P.Eng., CESCP, IEEE Senior Member is the first past vice-chair of the CSA Z462 Workplace Electrical Safety Standard Technical Committee and is currently a voting member and Clause 4.1 and Annexes working group leader. He is also a founding member and voting member on the CSA Z463 Maintenance of Electrical Systems Standard and a voting member of the IEEE 1584 Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations. Terry is also a voting member of the CAN/ULC S801 Electrical Utility Workplace Safety Standard for Utility Generation, Transmission, and Distribution.
He has presented at conferences and workshops on electrical safety in Canada, the USA, Italy, India, and Australia. Terry is a Professional Engineer in the Canadian provinces of BC, AB, ON, and PEI. He is an electrical safety specialist and management consultant at TW Becker Electrical Safety Consulting, Inc.
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