Title: Reading Assignments
Course: WGF 107 DEVELOPMENT > Section: Content

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Sub-Title | Fundamental Electrical Safety Rules
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Electrical employees face ergonomic issues when transporting supplies and equipment around shops, storage areas, and worksites. This section discusses potential hazards and identifies possible solutions involved in the following tasks:

- Heavy Lifting
- Pushing, Pulling, and Carrying
- Staging and Housekeeping
- Vehicular Activities

Installation and repair tasks performed around the worksite can be demanding. Employees often dig trenches or pull long runs of heavy gauge wire. These tasks may require working in awkward postures since much of the work is done at ceiling height, close to the floor, or in cramped service areas. Working in these postures increases the amount of force employees must exert to perform these tasks.

Employees may assume awkward postures while using hand tools such as pliers, crimpers, and side cutters for installation and repair tasks. This may create tension and contact stress to the tendons and nerves of the hands and lower arms. All of these potential situations may result in musculoskeletal problems if employees are not aware of the risk and do not take precautions to minimize hazards.

- Pulling and Feeding Wire
- Connecting and Fastening
- Using Tools
- Digging and Trenching

Some electrical contractors use prefabrication as a way to increase productivity, improve quality, reduce waste, and save time. There are also a number of ergonomic benefits to prefabrication, such as controlling work heights, supporting tool weights, and controlling environmental conditions.

While some ergonomics-related risk factors can be controlled through prefabrication, it may create other job-specific hazards including heavy manual lifting, repetitive movements, awkward or static postures and contact stress. Employees should be aware of the potential hazards that are unique to a prefabrication setting.

- Bending Conduit
- Cutting and Spooling Wire
- Welding
- Assembly Tasks

This section contains indices which have additional information on subjects that are mentioned briefly throughout the eTool.

The indices are listed below:

- Tool Index
- Hazard Index
- Ergonomic Principles
- Ergonomic Solutions
Attributions | Image and content courtesy of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)