High Voltage Electrical Safety On-Site Seminar
OSHA CFR 1910.269 & 137 and National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), Part IV  
Two Day Seminar Outline

• Introduction
  • Review of Basic Electricity and Body Currents
  • Causes of Accidents
  • Overview of OSHA Act Public Law 91-596
  • Relationship of OSHA and NESC
• General Requirements
  • Training & Certifications for Electric Utility Worker of other OSHA Standards
  • Qualified Employees
• Medical Services & First Aid
• Job Briefings
• Hazardous Energy for Power Generation
  • Program Requirements for Lockout/Tagout
  • Periodic Inspection to ensure compliance
• Enclosed Spaces
  • Difference of Attendants under Enclosed Spaces and Underground Work
  • Testing & Calibration of Instruments
• Excavations
• Employee Protective Equipment
  • Electrical Protective Equipment, 1910.137
  • Personal Protective Equipment, 1910.135, 136, 138
• Ladders & Platforms
  • ANSI A14 Standards
• Hand & Portable Power Tools
  • Electrical Powered
  • Hydraulic & Pneumatic
• Live-line Tools
  • Design Requirements
  • Maintenance & Inspection
  • Testing
• Material Handling & Storage
• Working on or near Exposed Energized Parts
• One Worker and two Worker Requirements
• Minimum Approach Distances
• FR Clothing
• De-energizing Lines and Equipment for Employee Protection
• Lockout/Tagout for Transmission and Distribution Work
• Written Programs
• Training
• Grounding for the Protection of Employees
  • Equipotential Zone
  • Protective Grounding Equipment
• Testing and Test Facilities
• Mechanical Equipment
• Line Trucks
• Insulated Aerial Devices – ANSI A92.2
• Operations near Energized Lines
• Overhead Lines
• Line-Clearances Tree Trimming
• Communications
• Underground Electrical
• Attendants
• Defective Cables
• Substations
  • Racking out Breakers
• Electrical Power Generation
• Interlocks and Safety Devices
• Guarding of Rooms Containing Electrical Equipment
• Guarding of Energized Parts
• Chemical Cleaning of Boilers
• Chlorine Systems
• Turbine Generators
• Special Conditions
• Definitions

Tony E. Branan, PE, CSP, J.D.
P. O. Box 306
Hiawassee, GA 30546
Office phone: 706-896-2603
Wireless phone: 404-281-1191
Fax: 706-896-2877
E-Mail: tonybranan@mrelectricalsafety.com