NFPA 70E Introduction

NFPA 70E is the “Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace®.” It establishes safe practices for protecting workers from two major electrical dangers, electric shock and arc flash. This course provides an introduction to NFPA 70E and summarizes some of its important electrical safety guidelines, including information on safety program components, risk assessment, risk control hierarchy, safety boundaries and some requirements for electrical equipment and devices. It also introduces PPE categories and incident energy analysis methods for determining personal protective equipment requirements. 

• Explain why NFPA 70E® was created​​
• Define electric shock and arc flash​​
• List typical main components of an employer Electrical Safety Program
• State who is responsible for the various aspects of a "lockout/tagout" program
• Recall safety boundaries around electrical equipment
• Describe requirements for choosing the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Recall equipment types with their corresponding NFPA 70E® requirements