Electrical Safety: 06. Wiring, GFCI, and Extension Cords
6 min! Run Time
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As we all know, wires, cables, and extension cords form pathways for electricity. But it's easy to discount the safety hazards these common tools can carry. Poorly installed, faulty, or damaged pathways create a serious hazard. To protect workers from electric shock, certain wiring methods and safety devices have been developed and must be used according to OSHA requirements. In this course, we'll go over these requirements to keep electrical workers safe. This content makes best practice suggestions regarding OSHA regulation 1910.331-333.
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Poorly installed, faulty, or damaged wires, cables, and extension cords create a serious hazard even though they seem like simple tools.
It covers wiring methods and safety devices, including GFCIs, that have been developed to protect workers from electric shock.
Its guidance on wiring, GFCIs, and extension cords is framed as best-practice suggestions tied to the underlying OSHA electrical safety standard.
It is module 06, building on grounding concepts from module 04 to address wiring pathways and the devices that protect them.
Certain wiring methods and safety devices must be used according to OSHA requirements specifically to protect workers from shock.
