Occupational Health And Safety - Electrical Equipment In The Workplace
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Occupational Health & Safety
Electrical Safety In The Office
Electrical Safety Issues
• Clearing jams in photocopiers, paper shredders• Liquid spillages• Condition of appliances• Extension leads• Overloading
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electrical safety!
Electrical Safety Hazards
• Inserting fingers or metal objects (screwdrivers, letter-openers) into working parts of office machines.
• Electrically powered machine, appliance or tool that may become 'live' to the touch after having liquid spilt over it.
• Electrical appliance or tool has developed a fault, or has defective insulation or exposed wiring.
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hazards!
Electrical Safety Hazards
• Extension lead which has exposed wiring or damaged insulation.
• Using a series of adaptors to connect additional appliances to a power socket may overload the circuit to which it is attached, and cause an 'outage'.
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MORE hazards, matey!
Electrical Safety Solutions
• Check that photocopiers and shredders can not be opened whilst power remains switched on.
• Ensure staff know correct (safe) procedures for accessing machines to clear paper jams.
• Call for technician to deal with problems which staff can not resolve using instructions provided.
Aye, here be some solutions for ye.
Electrical Safety Solutions
• Alert staff for need to keep liquids well away from all equipment connected to the electricity supply.
• Advise staff to disconnect equipment from power supply before mopping up spillages.
Electrical Safety Solutions
• Have all electric appliances inspected, tested and tagged on a regular basis.
• Where equipment is identified for repair, it should be immediately removed from service and appropriately labelled to prevent further use.
• Use extension leads for temporaryconnection - not as a permanent method ofsupplying power. • If an extension cord has to be used andis exposed to foot traffic, make sure it issecured (taped down?) and protected from damage.
Electrical Safety Solutions
Electrical Safety Solutions
• If additional appliances needed permanently, install a larger power socket (eg. 4 - sockets).
• Discourage the use of adaptors and connection of unauthorised appliances which may overload the circuit dangerously (eg. fan heaters, electric radiators in winter).
Done!
Electrical Safety Examples
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Electrical Safety Examples
Here be more!
Electrical Safety Examples
And MORE!!
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