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ELECTRICAL SAFETY
The Most Important 2018 Changes in NFPA 70E
Are you prepared to make the changes in your facility for the 2018 NFPA 70E updates?
BY DAVID WESZELY
Electrical equipment and electrical safety de- vices are constantly being changed and im- proved, hence why your electrical safety pro- gram must address those changes. The NFPA
70E Committee addresses these changes and updates the standard every three years as part of keeping up with current technology and safety concerns. This is a standard used not only by facility managers and safety officers, but also by OSHA inspectors, continually educating them on existing trends in electrical safety.
We will go over some of the most important 2018 NFPA 70E updates worth discussing.
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1. Are qualified persons required to complete a Job Safety Analysis (JSA) before starting work?
Article 110.1 (I)
Article 110.1 (I) states that if the proposed NFPA 2018 changes are implemented, a qualified person will also need to complete a Job Safety Analysis (JSA) be- fore work or troubleshooting is performed. That JSA would require such “qualified person” to:
■ Identify all tasks associated with the perfor- mance of the job
■ Identify all specific hazards with each task www.ohsonline.com
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