Electrical Safety Checks

Use this Electrical safety inspection checklist to ensure your workplace is compliant with basic OSHA health & safety and electrical regulations, keeping your workforce as safe as possible. Inspection areas include cords, grounding, electrical equipment and staff training.

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Electrical Safety Checks

Use this Electrical safety inspection checklist to ensure your workplace is compliant with basic OSHA health & safety and electrical regulations, keeping your workforce as safe as possible. Inspection areas include cords, grounding, electrical equipment and staff training.

1. Is all electrical equipment, including electrical plugs and cords, maintained in good condition?

2. Are all cords in proper condition without cuts, splices or taps?

3. Are flexible cords or cables used in place of fixed wiring?

1. Is all electrical equipment grounded?

2. When using electric equipment in wet environments, are ground fault circuit interrupters in use?

1. Does portable electrical equipment carry portable GFCIs?

2. Are all electrically-operated tools used at the workplace in good condition?

3. Are all types of switches, circuit breakers, etc. clearly marked to indicate their presence and/or purpose?

4. Is there enough clearance maintained around electrical equipment to facilitate safe operation, inspections and maintenance?

5. Does all electrical equipment in the facility carry tags / metal plates to indicate the manufacturer's name, voltage, current, wattage or other ratings and warnings?

6. Is all electrical equipment and all electrical systems treated as energized until tested or proven to be de-energized?

7. Has it been ensured that energized parts of electrical equipment operating at 50 V or more are placed within approved enclosures to safeguard from accidental contact?

8. Are all electrical panel directories and equipment disconnecting means clearly labeled to guide with its actual purpose?

9. Does all equipment with (enclosed) heating elements to have a thermal shut-off or tip-over-protection safety device?

1. Are electricians trained in safe work practices and authorized to work on specific equipment?

2. Do employees wear Arc Rated (AR/FR) apparel and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when working on or around exposed electrical conductors?exposed to the hazards of flames or electric arcs wear?

3. Are workers performing lockout-tagout trained appropriately?