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BASIC ELECTRICAL SAFETY INSPECTION CHECKLIST
Establishment Name:
Address:
1 Are all electrical apparatus used
. grounded?
2. Do extension cords being used
have a grounding conductor?
3. Are multiple plug adapters
prohibited?
4. Are ground-fault circuit interrupters
installed on each temporary 15 or 20
ampere, 220 volt AC circuit at locations
where construction, demolition,
modifications, alterations or excavations Yes
are being performed?
5. Are all temporary circuits protected
by suitable disconnecting switches or
plug connectors at the junction with
permanent wiring?
6. Is exposed wiring and cords with
frayed or deteriorated insulation
repaired or replaced promptly?
7. Are flexible cords and cables free of
splices or taps?
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8. Are clamps or other securing means
provided on flexible cords or cables at
plugs, receptacles, tools, and
equipment and is the cord jacket
securely held in place?
9. Are all cord, cable and raceway
connections intact and secure?
10. In wet or damp locations, are
electrical tools and equipment
appropriate for the use or location or
otherwise protected?
11. Is the location of electrical power
lines and cables (overhead,
underground, under floor, other side of
walls) determined before digging,
drilling or similar work is begun?
12. Are metal measuring tapes, ropes,
hand lines or similar devices with
metallic thread woven into the fabric
prohibited where they could come in
contact with energized parts of
equipment or circuit conductors?
13. Is the use of metal ladders
prohibited in area where the ladder or
the person using the ladder could come
in contact with energized parts of
equipment, fixtures or circuit
conductors?
14. Are all disconnecting switches and
circuit breakers labeled to indicate their
use or equipment served?
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16. Are disconnecting means always Comments: _______________________

opened before fuses are replaced? Yes No __________________________________

17. Do all interior wiring systems

include provisions for grounding metal
parts of electrical raceways, equipment Comments: _______________________
Yes No
and enclosures? __________________________________

18. Are all electrical raceways and Comments: _______________________

enclosures securely fastened in place? Yes No __________________________________

19. Are all energized parts of electrical

circuits and equipment guarded against
accidental contact by approved cabinets Yes Comments: _______________________
No
or enclosures? __________________________________

20. Is sufficient access and working

space provided and maintained about
all electrical equipment to permit ready Comments: _______________________
Yes No
and safe operations and maintenance? __________________________________

21. Are all unused openings (including

conduit knockouts) in electrical
enclosures and fittings closed with Comments: _______________________
Yes No
appropriate covers, plugs or plates? __________________________________

22. Are electrical enclosures such as Comments: _______________________

switches, receptacles, junction boxes, __________________________________
etc., provided with tight-fitting covers or Yes No
plates?

23. Are disconnecting switches for
electrical motors in excess of two
horsepower, capable of opening the
circuit when the motor is in a stalled
condition, without exploding? (Switches
must be horsepower rated equal to or in
excess of the motor hp rating).
24. Is low voltage protection provided in
the control device of motors driving
machines or equipment that could
cause probably injury from inadvertent
starting
25. Is each motor disconnecting switch
or circuit breaker located within sight of
the motor control device?
26. Is each motor located within sight of
its controller or the controller
disconnecting means capable of being
locked in the open position or is a
separate disconnecting means installed
in the circuit within sight of the motor?
27. Is the controller for each motor in
excess of two horsepower, rated in
horsepower equal to or in excess of the
rating of the motor is serves?
28. Are employees who regularly work
on or around energized electrical
equipment or lines instructed in the
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
methods?
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29. Are employees prohibited from Comments: _______________________

working alone on energized lines or Yes No __________________________________
equipment over 600 volts?