CSA Z462, Workplace Electrical Safety Standard is a standard of the
Canadian Standards Association
The CSA Group (formerly the Canadian Standards Association; CSA) is a standards organization which develops standards in 57 areas. CSA publishes standards in print and electronic form, and provides training and advisory services. CSA is composed ...
. It is based on and was developed in parallel with U.S. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard
NFPA 70E
NFPA 70E ''(Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace)'' is a standard of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The document covers electrical safety requirements for employees. The NFPA is best known for publishing the National El ...
, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace. Attempts have been made to harmonize Z462 with NFPA 70E as much as practicable for Canadian workplaces.
CSA Z462 is the Canadian standard that addresses electrical safety requirements for employees. It provides guidance on the assessment of electrical hazards and design of safe work spaces around electrical power systems. It stipulates requirements for identifying hazardous equipment and for the development of safe work procedures around this equipment. This standard also gives guidance to electrical workers on the selection of
personal protective equipment
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection. The hazards addressed by protective equipment include physical, elect ...
and protective clothing for protection from electrical
arc flash
An arc flash is the light and heat produced as part of an arc fault (sometimes referred to as an electrical flashover), a type of electricity, electrical explosion or discharge that results from a connection through air to ground or another vol ...
hazards. CSA Z462-18 is the fourth and most current edition of the standard.
See also
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Lockout-Tagout
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Canadian Electrical Code
The Canadian Electrical Code, officially CSA C22.x, informally CE Code, is a collection of standards published by the Canadian Standards Association
The CSA Group (formerly the Canadian Standards Association; CSA) is a standards organization wh ...
References
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External links
Z462-08 Workplace Electrical Safety StandardCanadian Standards AssociationThe National Fire Protection Association
Electrical safety