Personal Protective Equipment

DOE-HDBK-1092-98

Instructors must provide course outlines.

Proof of successful completion must be maintained in appropriate files.

Minimum training requirements should include

electrical safety awareness;

electrical safety theory;

applicable codes, DOE orders, regulations, and standards;

demonstrations and hands-on practice;

use and care of personal protective equipment;

job-specific safe electrical work practices; and

electrical requirements of safe operating procedures and operating procedures.

Personnel working with high voltage (greater than 600 V) must have specialized electrical

awareness training.

Periodic training refresher courses are required to maintain and update skills and code

requirements.

Management and supervision who oversee electrical work must have completed Electrical Safety

Awareness Training at a level commensurate with the level of work being performed.

5.4

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Performance Objective:

Provide personal protective equipment for electrical work. Establish documented procedures for its

use, care, maintenance, and testing. [Guidance for these procedures can be found in 29 CFR 1910.137

and 29 CFR 1910.268(f).]

Managers shall ensure that adequate resources are available to provide personal protective equipment

in compliance with applicable codes and standards. In addition, they shall ensure that:

personnel are trained in its use in accordance with documented procedures;

procedures are established and implemented for documented controls of protective equipment

such as inventory, storage, maintenance, and testing;

protective equipment requirements and usages are specified in the safe operating procedures;

protective equipment is inspected prior to each use;

high-voltage equipment is inspected prior to each use according to appropriate recognized

standards and

grounding equipment, cables, clusters, and sticks, are inspected annually and prior to each use.

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