Flexible Cord Use Per Osha is Permitted for Continuous Use but Not to Exceed Days
Five Simple Extension Cord Rules to Improve Work Site Safety
Identifying GFCI use with extension cords is one of the best and easiest steps when inspecting a job site for safety.
Any construction work site is full of potentially dangerous situations. OSHA regulations have been put in place to make construction sites as safe as possible. "Out of 4,251 worker fatalities in private industry in the calendar year 2014, 874 of them, or 20.5%, were in construction—that is, one in five worker deaths last year were in construction."1
Out of a variety of possible injuries, electrical-related injuries have one of the largest associated costs. They are the second-leading reason for death2 after falls. So it is no surprise that electrical safety, specifically electrocution, is a hot topic to any person involved in working at construction sites.
There are many possible reasons for electrocution and although all of the accidents could be prevented, some can be avoided much more easily than others. The topic we want discuss here is best practices for using extension cords to make job sites much safer. Specifically, we want to mention simple rules that can make a difference with very little effort and without requiring any special tools.
Rule 1
There are two ways a construction site can meet OSHA requirements in regard to extension cords. An Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program (AEGCP) is one of the ways. This approach requires multi-point cord inspection every work day. It is very time consuming and is often ignored by users. Even if followed, there is no protection if some dangerous situation happens when in use.
This article originally appeared in the July 2016 issue of Occupational Health & Safety.
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Source: https://ohsonline.com/Articles/2016/07/01/Five-Simple-Extension-Cord-Rules-to-Improve-Work-Site-Safety.aspx
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