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Electrical Safety — Construction
How to stay safe around electricity on a construction site: how electricity injures (shock, arc flash, arc blast) and why electrocution is a Focus Four killer…
What you’ll learn
By the end of this course.
Describe how electricity injures — shock, arc flash, arc blast — and why electrocution is a Focus Four hazard — 1926.416
Distinguish a qualified person from an unqualified person and what each may do — 1926.416,1926.449
State the temporary-power rule: GFCI protection or an assured equipment grounding conductor program — 1926.404(b)(1)
Apply safe practices for flexible cords and temporary wiring and lighting — 1926.405
Maintain safe distances from overhead and buried power lines — 1926.416,1926.1408,1926.651
State the rule to deenergize, lock out, and verify before working, and recognize the arc-flash hazard — 1926.417,1926.416
References & standards
Grounded in the source material.
- 29 CFR 1926 Subpart K — Electrical
- 1926.404 — Wiring design and protection (GFCI / assured grounding)
- 1926.405 — Wiring methods, components, and equipment (cords, temporary wiring)
- 1926.416 — General requirements (safe work practices, overhead lines)
- 1926.417 — Lockout and tagging of circuits
This is awareness training. It supports your program; it is not a substitute for site-specific procedures or hands-on competency where a standard requires it.
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