MARBLEHEAD MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
                 
 
"Owned By The People We Serve"
                       
 

WORKPLACE SAFETY CHECKLIST
 
     
 
* Make sure all three-wire tools and appliances with flexible cords are properly grounded.
* Guard live parts of electrical equipment against accidental contact.
* Identify the circuits served by the fuses, circuit breakers or disconnect switches and record them in the panel board directory.
* Protect flexible cords and cables from physical damage.
* Ground exposed parts of fixed equipment that could be energized.
* Make sure all ground paths from equipment and enclosures are permanent and continuous.
* Keep slack in flexible cords to prevent tension on terminals.
* Make sure the insulating qualities of splice are equal to or greater than the original cord.
* Make certain that there are no obstructions limiting air circulation near equipment ventilating openings.
* Locate overcurrent protective devices (i.e., circuit breakers or fuses) where they can be easily and quickly reached.