Electrical hazards remain one of the most serious and underestimated risks in the workplace. Despite widespread awareness, electrical incidents continue to cause fatalities, severe injuries, fires, and significant property damage across multiple industries. This one-hour webinar provides general safety professionals with a practical, non-technical overview of electrical hazards, injury mechanisms, and prevention strategies aligned with OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S and related standards.

Participants will explore the four primary types of electrical injuries—electrocution, electrical shock, burns, and secondary injuries such as falls—along with common contributing hazards including inadequate wiring, overloaded circuits, improper use of flexible cords, and failure to control hazardous energy. The session emphasizes the role of safety professionals in hazard recognition, program oversight, training, and enforcement of protective measures such as grounding, GFCIs, guarding, arc-flash protection, and lockout/tagout. The focus is on practical risk reduction, not electrical design.

By the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify the primary types of electrical injuries and fire hazards—including shock, arc flash/blast, burns, and secondary injuries—and explain how they occur in typical workplace settings.
• Recognize common electrical hazard conditions (e.g., inadequate wiring, overloaded circuits, improper use of flexible cords, missing grounding, exposed live parts) and link them to applicable OSHA requirements under 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S and 1910.147 (LOTO).
• Apply practical prevention and control strategies—such as grounding, GFCIs, guarding, arc-flash PPE, and lockout/tagout—to reduce the risk of electrical incidents for both qualified and affected employees.

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