Personal protective equipments PE for electrical safety.pdf

Description

Gives about personal protective equipment to be maintained to ensure safety. Insulating gloves offer
personal protection
against electrical shocks
when working on or near
live wires.Latex gloves provide high
dielectric performance. They
must be used with leather
glove covers for mechanical
protection.
• Composite gloves offer
superior mechanical
protection against punctures
and tears. They eliminate
the need for over gloves All University Elements are responsible for workplace and electrical safety of staff, students and
other persons within their own areas. All University Elements are also responsible for the electrical
safety of electrical equipment in their management or control.
Heads of Elements, Directors and Research Centre Directors are responsible for general and
electrical safety in their own areas and the workplaces of their academic and professional staff.
These responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• implementing the requirements of this procedure,
• maintaining appropriate records,
• ensuring that procedures for the procurement, design, installation, use and maintenance of
equipment minimises risk,
• ensuring that electrical work is only done by a person who is authorised and holds an electrical
work licence (as issued by the Electrical Safety Office), and
• ensuring that electrical equipment within the Element’s control is safe for use, including
maintaining a testing and tagging regime.
Academic Heads of School, teaching staff, and all Managers, including Campus Life Facilities
Managers, are responsible for the identification, assessment, and control of electrical risk exposure.
External parties leasing University space with non-University electrical appliances and equipment. Understand the potential hazards involve in the job.
 Ensuring that LOTO is performed at all points as applicable before the
commencement of the job.
 Understand how the hazards are controlled.
 Know the emergency situations likely to occur in the job / area and actions to be taken
including evacuation procedure.
 Ensure that the Permit Holder understands all the hazards and controls, explaining
them to the workers, and ensure that the controls are maintained throughout the
execution of job.
 Inform all people who may be directly / indirectly affected by the job.
 Know the status of the job at all times, till its completion.
 Transfer duties formally as and when required.
 Know how to mitigate a possible incident, safe closure of job at such time, rescue of
men and material, arrange / administer medical aid if required.
 Knowledge of first aid and its administration.
 Is aware of the on-site emergency plan.
 Lead and take care of his group at times of emergenciesUnderstand the potential hazards involve in the job.
 Ensuring that LOTO is performed at all points as applicable before the
commencement of the job.
 Understand how the hazards are controlled.
 Know the emergency situations likely to occur in the job / area and actions to be