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Electrical Safety Month

May 2011

"When in Doubt - Lock it Out."

Updated - 04/26/11

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May is Electrical Safety Month Kickoff

Because lockout/tagout issues have been a recurring problem, the focus of the 2011 Electrical Safety Month campaign is to improve worker safety through increased awareness and training. The following presentation and video have been developed for this year�s campaign to be used in monthly safety meetings and safety pauses.

Hazardous Energy Control Specific Topics

Week 1 - When in Doubt-Lock it Out - 04/12/11
Week 2 - Establishing an Electrically Safe Work Condition - 04/11/11
Week 3 - Verify or Die-Verification Methods and Techniques / Importance of Verification - 04/11/11
Week 4 - Work Area Boundaries-Limited Approach Boundary - 04/14/11
Week 5 - Working on Energized Equipment-Energized Work Justification - 04/11/11

Electrical Safety Posters

Make these safety posters available to your workers:

Verify or Die - 04/26/2011
Lock It Out - 04/25/11

Supplementary Training Sources for Electrical and Non-Electrical Workers

Additional electrical safety training and briefing materials, which are specific to administrative, non-electrical workers, and electrical workers, are available at http://efcog.org/wg/esh_es/Electrical_Safety_Training/elecsafetytng.htm

Electrical Safety Foundation International is focusing on electrical safety in a different area of the home each week during the month of May. For more information on ESFI�s campaign, visit their website at http://www.esfi.org/index.cfm/cdid/11694/pid/10262.

EFCOG Electrical Safety Center of Excellence at LANL - http://www.lanl.gov/safety/electrical/

OSHA LOTO website contains additional training resources for construction etc. - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/controlhazardousenergy/index.html

NIOSH website for Electrical Safety has training and other interesting publications - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/electrical/

For additional information about this years campaign, contact Marc Williams, Co-Chair of the EFCOG HEC Subcommittee, 505-845-8795 or Jerald Kinz, Co-Chair HEC Subcommittee, 509-376-1168

Marc Williams, Co-Chair, HEC Subcommittee

Phone: 505-845-8795
E-mali: mwilli4@sandia.gov

Jerald Kinz - Co-Chair HEC Subcommittee

Phone: 509-376-1168

E-mail: Jerald_P_Kinz@ RL.gov

Jackie McAlhaney, SRNS - ESSG Chair

Technical Advisor

Savannah River Site
Building 703-H
Aiken, SC 29808

Phone: 803-208-3389

E-mail: jackie.mcalhaney@srs.gov