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General Electrical Installation, Wiring and Switchboards Risk Assessment

This risk assessment covers general electrical installation, wiring and switchboard activities, including planning, isolation, testing, installation and re-energisation.

Activities covered include

  • Assess the site, work scope, supplies and access conditions
  • Install wiring, pull cables and terminate conductors
  • Re-energise, test, commission and hand over the installation

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General Electrical Installation, Wiring and Switchboards Risk Assessment
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Product Overview

This risk assessment covers general electrical installation, wiring and switchboard activities, including planning, isolation, testing, installation and re-energisation. It supports work planning by identifying electrical, access, equipment, environmental and handover risks that may need to be managed.

Activities & Risks Covered

This assessment addresses activities and risks including:

  • Assess the site, work scope, supplies and access conditions
  • Isolate and lock out circuits and switchboards
  • Test before touch and verify de-energised status
  • Access switchboards and existing electrical enclosures
  • Install wiring, pull cables and terminate conductors
  • Use portable tools, leads, ladders and test equipment
  • Work in restricted spaces and at height
  • Carry out energised testing, fault finding or justified live work
  • Re-energise, test, commission and hand over the installation

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out general electrical installation, wiring and switchboard activities.

Activities & Hazards Covered

Activity Potential Hazards
Planning and site assessment
  • Unidentified live services or multiple supply sources
  • Incorrect assumptions about existing circuits, switchboards or standby supplies
  • Poor access, lighting, ventilation or housekeeping creating electrical and physical risk
  • Unauthorised persons entering the work area
Isolation and lockout of circuits and switchboards
  • Electric shock from contact with energised conductors
  • Unexpected re-energisation by another person
  • Isolation of the wrong circuit or incomplete isolation
  • Exposure to live parts from multiple isolation points
Test before touch and verification of de-energised status
  • Contact with conductors believed to be dead but still energised
  • Induced voltage or changed conductor status during work
  • Faulty or incorrectly rated test instruments giving false readings
  • Shock during testing activities
Accessing switchboards and existing electrical enclosures
  • Arc flash or shock when removing covers or escutcheon plates
  • Exposure to damaged components, missing blanks or accessible live parts
  • Contact with aged materials such as asbestos-containing backing boards
  • Dropped tools or parts causing short circuit or injury
Wiring installation, pulling cables and terminating conductors
  • Cuts, punctures and hand injuries from cable ends, trays and enclosures
  • Manual handling strain from cable drums, ladders, switchgear components or awkward postures
  • Damage to cable insulation creating later shock or fire risk
  • Incorrect polarity, loose terminations or poor segregation of circuits
Using portable tools, leads, ladders and test equipment
  • Electric shock from damaged tools, leads or test gear
  • Use of conductive ladders or equipment near electrical parts
  • Trips from trailing leads and equipment
  • Injury from unfit-for-purpose or poorly maintained equipment
Work environment, access at height and confined or restricted spaces
  • Falls from ladders, platforms or ceiling spaces
  • Restricted movement leading to inadvertent contact with electrical parts
  • Heat, poor ventilation, low light or fatigue reducing concentration
  • Unsafe rescue access in roof spaces, pits, trenches or similar locations
Energised testing, fault finding or justified live electrical work
  • Serious electric shock or electrocution
  • Arc flash, burns and blast pressure
  • Unauthorised access to exposed live parts
  • Delayed rescue if an incident occurs
Re-energisation, testing, commissioning and handover
  • Shock, arc flash or fire on re-energisation due to wiring errors or faults
  • Unexpected start-up affecting workers still in the area
  • Leaving the installation unsafe, uncovered or incorrectly labelled
  • Others using defective or incomplete equipment

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Legislation & References

The template records model guidance used to inform the documented controls. Applicable WHS/OHS laws and adopted Codes vary by state or territory, so confirm the current local requirements when tailoring the assessment:

  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing electrical risks in the workplace — 5. Isolation, locking off and access; p. 34.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities — 2. The work environment; p. 13.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks — 4.1 The hierarchy of control measures; p. 31.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: How to manage and control asbestos in the workplace — 2.1. What is involved in managing risks?; p. 12.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of fatigue at work — Provide sufficient breaks while at work; p. 30.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks — 3. Step 2 — How to assess risks; p. 15.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Excavation work — 2.3. Controlling the risks; p. 17.
Standard Risk Assessment Features (Click to Expand)
  • Activity-specific hazard identification and control measures
  • Initial and residual risk ratings
  • Assigned responsible persons for each activity
  • Risk matrix and assessment classification
  • Review, monitoring and sign-off fields
  • Site-specific customisation before use

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