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important, running back over the hazards that people face. It’s particularly important for apprentices who haven’t been at college for a while to make sure they’re being appropriately supervised. “I’ve heard a lot of anecdotal evidence to suggest people are forgetting about the other hazards of the work because of COVID. It’s not about blaming workers, you have to think about whether people have been properly reinducted.”
Louise campaigns to prevent others losing their lives
WHAT IS SAFE ISOLATION?
Safe isolation is a life-saving procedure that makes sure electrical circuits and equipment are safe before you start to work. Most electrical
incidents happen because
people work on or near equipment that’s either thought to be dead but it is actually live or is known to be live but the right precautions haven’t been taken. T at’s why it’s vital to
make sure there’s a system in place before any work starts on an electrical installation to establish that it is isolated and proved to be ‘dead’, i.e. has no electrical current running through it.
Spreading the message As the new year starts, Louise’s thoughts are already on how to continue the campaign to make workplaces safer and reduce the number of preventable accidents. She said: “At Scottish Hazards, we’ve put together our manifesto calls for the Scottish Parliament elections next year, including a call about the regulation of electricians. I’m also going to see what more can be done about regular safe isolation refresher training. “It’s about getting people to do it as a habit, like putting on your seatbelt when you get in a car. You do it every time so that you don’t miss it that crucial time when you should have done it.” It may have been 15 years since Louise’s family lost Michael, but their grief is still with them every day. She said: “At Christmas this year there will be so many people who are missing from the table because of COVID and because they can’t come together as a family. But that’s what it’s like for us every year. It’s not just Michael who’s missing, he would have been married by now and might have had children. They’re all missing from the table.”
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