IE Rules and Safety Procedures

You must be familiar with the saying that electricity is a good servant but a very bad master. We use electricity every day but most of us do not know about how it actually works. This lack of awareness sometimes leads to serious accidents. Have we not heard of instantaneous death due to electrical shocks, life long disability due to severe burns or devastating fires turning precious assets to ashes? These could be prevented with the knowledge of electricity rules, regulations and safety procedures. Therefore, it is absolutely
essential that you should know what precautions to take while using electricity,more so because you are in the electricity industry.

The dangers arising from the generation, transmission, distribution or use of electricity supplied as well as in the installation, maintenance or use of any electric line or electrical apparatus are many. You should know the safety procedures involved in eliminating or reducing the risk of personal injury and damage to the property. Therefore, in this unit, you will study about the electricity rules, electrical safety procedures and the earthing practices.In the next unit, you will learn about accident prevention and fire-fighting techniques. We should describe the first aid techniques and discuss how to manage a particular situation after an accident has occurred.