Electrical Safety: Safety and Health for Electrical Trades – Student Manual (Revised Edition)

Details

• Personal Author:
  Fowler, Thaddeus W. ; McCann M ; Miles KK ; Stephenson, Carol M.
• Description:
  This manual will present many topics. There are four main types of electrical injuries: electrocution (death due to electrical shock), electrical shock, burns, and falls. The dangers of electricity, electrical shock, and the resulting injuries will be discussed. The various electrical hazards will be described. You will learn about the safety model, an important tool for recognizing, evaluating, and controlling hazards. Important definitions and notes are shown in the margins. Practices that will help keep you safe and free of injury are emphasized. To give you an idea of the hazards caused by electricity, case studies about real-life deaths will be described. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Electric Injuries Electricity Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Electric-power-generation Electrical-burns Electrical-charge Electrical-equipment Electrical-shock Electrical-workers Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2009113
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Teaching Materials
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-81
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035179
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2009-108942
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2009-113, 2009 Apr; :1-81
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a1f5657730e609c7be4654d6abebc497b027ffac8f8270c74c480ecb153fe52dc87f43b4ba40b91f1b6c0995098b17d9bf02f050f41ff830ad2f98d0ff71c86a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209919/cdc_209919_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.27 MB ]