Electrical safety

Guidance

• Introduction to electrical safety

  How to assess electrical hazards and put the right controls in place

• Work near electricity

  Advice on danger signs, wiring, cable colours and checking power is off

• Excavation and underground services

  How to avoid accidents due to damaging underground electrical cables

• Portable appliance testing (PAT)

  What ‘PAT testing’ is and what the law says about testing equipment

• Overhead power lines

  Managing work near overhead power lines to avoid accidental contact

• Work using electrically powered equipment

  How to check that electrical equipment is suitable and safe

• Standards and codes of practice

  Commonly used electrical standards and approved codes of practice

• Electricity in potentially explosive locations

  The supply and the use of equipment in potentially explosive atmospheres

• Resources

  Guides on testing, construction, farms, excavation, overhead power lines and more