Welcome to the Electrical Safety Coalition:
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The Electrical Safety Coalition is - in most basic terms - a place where all electrical workers can come to find resources, information and support in all areas relating to on-site job safety. Our goal is to reduce – and eventually eliminate – the incidence of death and injury due to in-the-job contact with energized electrical equipment, or “working-live”. Our mission is to create a level of comfort for all electrical workers to confidently refuse to risk their lives by working on sites which are live, not tagged-out, not locked-out, appear hazardous, or if they are not provided with sufficient personal protection equipment. Our goal is to reach out to all facility owners and operators, consulting engineers, clients, contractors, supervisors, foremen, workers and those in associated trades, to stop and think about the drastic consequences of asking, or even suggesting, that one of your workers risks their life by working live.
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In 2007, there were four reported deaths by electrocution. All four were work-related and were attributed to “not following correct work procedure”. Two of the fatalities MORE INFO
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The goal of the Electrical Safety Coalition is to develop a communication between workers in order to find the best way to reduce and eventually eliminate MORE INFO
Don’t Work Live (Arc Flash)
You Can Do It. You Should Do It. Don’t Work Live.
53% of electrical incidents causing injury are from working on live electrical equipment. Between 1998 and 2006 39% of critical injuries involved burns from an arc. The Electrical Safety Authority is encouraging electrical trades, and workers who do Electrical work to disconnect before working on electric panels and other equipment.
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The Electrical Safety Coalition was created by the ECAO in conjunction with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and other strategic allies. The major industry MORE INFO.