• Employees who face a risk of electric shock at work should be trained in safe work practices around electricity.

The provisions of these standards cover electrical safety-related work practices for both qualified persons (those who have training in avoiding the electrical hazards of working on or near exposed energized parts) and unqualified persons (those with little or no such training) who are working on, near, or with the following installations:

• Premises wiring — Installations of electric conductors and equipment within or on buildings or other structures, and on other premises such as yards, carnival, parking, and other lots, and industrial substations;
• Wiring for connections to supply — Installations of conductors that connect to the supply of electricity; and
• Other wiring — Installations of other outside conductors on the premises.

Who must receive electrical safety training?

The training requirements apply to employees who face a risk of electric shock that is not reduced to a safe level by the electric installation requirements of 1910.3031–1910.308. Employees in occupations listed below face such risk and are required to be trained:

Except for electricians and welders, workers in the above groups do not need to be trained if their work or the work of those they supervise does not bring them or the employees they supervise close enough to exposed parts of electric circuits operating at 50 volts or more to ground for a hazard to exist. Other employees who also may reasonably be expected to face a comparable risk of injury due to electric shock or other electrical hazards must also be trained.