Qualified or Just Experienced?
Posted by Zack Adams | posted: Jun 23rd, 2009From Occupational Health and Safety
Training Essentials
What many Journeyman and Master electricians lack is the OSHA-mandated safety training. Qualified electrical worker safety training needs to include such items as electrical hazard awareness, the applicable OSHA regulations (29 CFR 1910.331 through .335, .137, .147, .133, and .132, to name a few), use of PPE and equipment, conducting a Hazard/Risk Analysis, and the NFPA 70E. That's right, the NFPA 70E. OSHA is training its Field Safety Compliance Officers and its lawyers (uh-oh) on how to use the 70E to justify citations for unsafe work practices. That should send a shudder through any company's legal staff. So what does qualified require?"
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