SAFE ISOLATION SPECIAL FEATURES
Ten steps to saving lives
SELECT’s Technical team has been busy putting together new information on the importance of safe isolation – and the dangers of not following correct procedures
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ELECT is launching a major safe isolation awareness campaign to help keep electricians and apprentices free from harm this winter. Running under the banner ‘Work dead safely:
Stay alive’, an engaging new animation, brochure and infographic have been produced to reinforce the importance of observing correct procedures. The campaign – which will be launched in early 2021 to urge operatives to start the year safely – also graphically highlights the dangers of not isolating safely, with case studies of electricians who have been burned, scarred for life and even killed in preventable incidents. Dave Forrester, Head of Technical Services, said: “This is an important initiative in which we must stress and stress again that we work in a complex and dangerous environment where safety must come fi rst. “Many of us know that not isolating
safely can have horrifi c consequences, including electric shock and burns, some tragically fatal. Contact with an electrical current can lead to heart failure and
24 CABLEtalk DECEMBER 2020/JANUARY 2021 1. Before you start
Get permission from the appropriate person and agree the work to be done.
2. Find your spot
Speak to the authorised person and check diagrams or drawings to identify where the isolation device can be found.
3. Check your equipment
Check the condition of probes, leads, casing, ratings and ranges, plus calibration intervals where applicable.
4. Test it out
Check your voltage tester on a proving unit, the equipment’s in-built test facility or, as a last resort, on a known live source.
5. Switch it off Make sure that
switching off isn’t going to cause any
damage or unnecessary inconvenience.
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