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OSHA Focus Four: Electrocution
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OSHA treats electrocution as one of the Focus Four construction hazards, while OSHA’s hazardous-energy rule and NFPA 70E reinforce safe isolation, de-energization, and PPE principles. There are a few LOTO/NFPA 70E crossover items because those commonly show up in compliance prep and workplace electrical-safety questions. 

OSHA Focus Four: Electrocution
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25 Questions

1. Which statement about tagout is correct?
2. OSHA’s lockout/tagout rule applies when:
3. What should be done with a damaged extension cord found in use?
4. After lockout/tagout devices are applied, what must be addressed next?
5. Employees unqualified to work with electricity should generally stay at least how far from overhead power lines?
6. Before any servicing begins on locked/tagged equipment, an authorized employee must:
7. Under OSHA lockout/tagout, lockout or tagout devices must be affixed by:
8. OSHA’s lockout/tagout rule applies when:
9. OSHA’s electrical standards are designed to protect workers from:
10. NFPA 70E treats PPE primarily as:
11. Which response best fits the safest default approach before electrical servicing?
12. In group lockout/tagout, OSHA requires that authorized employees have the opportunity to:
13. OSHA says tagout can be weaker than lockout because tags:
14. If an affected employee’s duties expand to include servicing covered equipment, that person:
15. NFPA 70E treats PPE primarily as:
16. In group lockout/tagout, OSHA requires that authorized employees have the opportunity to:
17. Under OSHA lockout/tagout, lockout or tagout devices must be affixed by:
18. After lockout/tagout devices are applied, what must be addressed next?
19. An “affected employee” must at minimum be trained on:
20. Which is the best example of a correct lockout/tagout sequence?
21. OSHA training warns that overhead line contact is not limited to cranes because workers may also contact lines while using:
22. In OSHA training language, “electrocution” means:
23. Which site condition increases electrical danger and is specifically warned against?
24. An “authorized employee” is best described as someone who:
25. Which device is not considered an energy-isolating device under lockout/tagout?