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The Electrical Testing Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Faulty equipment
- Inadequate training
- 2. Inspection
- Electrical shock
- Accidental start-up
- 3. Test area set-up
- Poor lighting
- Tripping hazards
- 4. Equipment calibration
- Improper calibration
- Electrical overload
- 5. Voltage testing
- Inadvertent contact with live parts
- False reading of equipment
- 6. Insulation test
- Insulation breakdown
- Electric arcs
- 7. Current test
- Accidental discharge through a fault
- High current passing through equipment
- 8. Continuity test
- False readings
- Misinterpretation of results
- 9. Polarity test
- Incorrect wiring
- Batteries overheating
- 10. Earth resistance test
- Electric shock
- Failure of grounding system
- 11. Temperature measurements
- Overheating of equipment
- Burns
- 12. Torque tests
- Loose connections
- Tool slipping or dropping
- 13. Visual inspection
- Poor vantage point
- Eye strain
- 14. Documentation and reporting
- Providing false information
- Overlapping entries
- 15. Clean up
- Tool damage
- Exposure to harmful cleaning agents