Recognizing Electrical Hazards Awareness

We are exposed to electricity every day at work and at home. Because it is such a familiar part of our lives, it is easy to become complacent and forget that electricity can be dangerous – even fatal. Before you can learn how to protect yourself from electricity, you have to understand how it acts and what its dangers are. That’s why you are taking this course.

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Learning Objectives

Recall how electricity works.
Define key electrical terms.

Recognize why electrical incidents occur.
Recall the dangers associated with electrical hazards.

Course Outline

1. Introduction
1. Welcome
2. Introduction
3. Learning Objectives
2. How Electricity Works
1. How Electricity Works
2. Learning Activity: How Electricity Works
3. Electrical Terms
1. Conductors and Insulators
2. Learning Activity: Conductivity
3. Grounding
4. Learning Activity: Key Electrical Terms

4. Electrical Hazards
1. Knowledge Check: Why Electrical Incidents Occur
2. Knowledge Check: Why Electrical Incidents Occur, continued
3. Electrical Shock
4. Effects of Electrical Shock
5. Learning Activity: Dangers of Electrical Shock
6. Learning Activity: Dangers of Electrical Shock, continued
7. Arc-Flash and Arc-Blast
5. Secondary Hazards
1. Secondary Hazards: Burns
2. Secondary Hazards: Collisions and Falls
3. Secondary Hazards: Fires
4. Knowledge Check: Dangers of Electricity
6. Summary
1. Summary