The electrical installation in your premises has many equipment and parts to be aware of to ensure a safe working environment all year long. Every year, there thousands of fatalities, many injuries, and billions of dollars’ worth of property damage caused by a lack of electrical safety.
Growing concern for working personnel safety and the complex nature of modern fixed electrical installations in all types of premises places lot of responsibility on electrical professionals who are perform safety inspection in compliance with today’s stringent global standard/regulation. Thus, electrical safety inspection of electrical installations should be done periodically and often nowadays.
Importance of Electrical Safety Inspection:
Electrical safety testing & inspection, HVAC upkeep – these are all necessary equipment of effective maintenance for companies in Mexico. This is just as important as the regular maintenance of electrical components. Use an electrical safety inspection checklist to identify potential hazards before they become costly and dangerous.
Care Labs offer comprehensive electrical safety testing and inspection service for types of buildings in Mexico. We maintain standard safety inspection checklist to perform electrical safety inspection. Our electrical safety inspection checklist is meant to reduce these difficulties and protect premises everywhere.
The NOM-022-STPS recommends performing these procedures while checking your electrical system features.
The RFSHMAT-Federal Regulation for Health, Safety, and the Work Environment regulation for health and safety necessitates employers to ensure the safety of the facility and people working in it.
Electrical Safety Inspection Checklist:
Our electrical safety testing & inspection checklist is meant to provide awareness of the many electrical hazard risks that could be present in your facility. This is no substitute for professional electrical safety testing & inspections.
Make sure you schedule a professional electrical safety inspection from an electrical professional periodically to ensure electrical safety for your premises.
Few of the checklist items on the electrical safety testing & inspection as follows:
Electrical Panel:
- Do you have a proper labeling on your electrical panel that indicates the last serviced?
- Do you have issues with your blowing fuses, or improper working switches, circuit breakers tripping?
- Have you ever received an electrical shock from any of your equipment?
- Proper load schedule provided on all the panels?
- Is the breaker connecting to circuits/outlets labeled with the proper amperage rating?
General Electrical and Fire Safety:
- Have you developed an emergency evacuation plan?
- Are you using the correct wattage electrical outlets?
- Does your electrical installation have proper ventilation?
- Have you installed proper tamper resistant receptacles?
- Have you inspected all of your electrical extension cords, outlets, and electrical devices for potential hazards?
- Have you experienced flickering lights, electrical shock hazards, abnormal sounds, or frequent tripping of breakers?
Electrical extension Cords
- Do you hear any noises, buzzing sound when equipment operates?
- Are the extension cords in good condition and rated properly for indoor/outdoor use?
- Do the cords display exposed cables, cracks, or any other damage?
- Are your extension cords rated by an independent standard laboratory?
- Do cords run around carpets, not underneath them?
- If you touch the outlet, extension cord, does it feel warm or hot?
- Are the proper rated extension cords used to meet the required power demands of the electrical equipment being used?
- Do all extension cords run straightly, without wrapping?
GFCIs and AFCIs:
- Have you testing your GFCIs and AFCIs regularly?
- Do all of the outlets have GFCIs-Ground Fault Circuit Protection?
- Have you replaced all of your standard circuit breakers with safer AFCIs-Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters?
- Check with your professionals to see if your electrical installation is up-to-code.
Benefits of Availing Electrical Safety Inspection from Care Labs:
- Get a single point of contact for all your queries throughout the project life cycle.
- Offers highly skilled electrical professionals to perform electrical safety services availed by you.
- Achieve compliance with relevant regulations and standards in Mexico.
- Meet employee/staff safety demands and dedication to electrical safety.
- Identify and eliminate issues with your electrical installations and recommend appropriate measures.
- Improve productivity of your business by reducing downtime due to electricity-related issues
- Reduce the risk of expensive litigation.
Our main aim is to help our clients to manage their assets more effectively, with fewer outages and failures, increased safety and reliability.
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