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Quiz: NFPA 2024 Update

By Wesley L. Wheeler | Nov 15, 2023
SafetyQuiz

NFPA has released the 2024 edition of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace. Do you know the revised information safety professionals should be familiar with?

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NFPA has released the 2024 edition of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace. Do you know the revised information safety professionals should be familiar with?

  1. “The person in charge of the premises or other persons appointed and selected by the person in charge of the premises who performs certain duties associated with stationary storage batteries” is the ______  ______.
  2. The worker distance at which a 1% probability of lung damage exists from a 70 kPa (10 psi) shock wave is known as the ______,  ______  ______.
  3. A ______ is “a glove or mitten designed to be worn over rubber insulating gloves.”
  4. As part of the requirements for work involving electrical hazards when energized electrical conductors and circuits operating at equal to or greater than 50V are not put into an electrically
    safe work condition, an ______ shock risk assessment shall be performed.
  5. Hearing protection shall be worn by employees when they are inside the arc flash boundary.
    True
    False
  6. “A source of possible injury or damage to health associated with current through the body caused by contact or approach to exposed energized electrical conductors or circuit parts” is known as a ______,  ______  ______.
  7. “The state of the electrical equipment considering the manufacturers’ instructions, manufacturers’ recommendations, and applicable industry codes, standards, and recommended practices” is known as the ______, ______  ______.
  8. A ______  ______ “prevents user access to a hazardous voltage, current, or stored energy area.”
  9. According to NFPA 70E, a ______  ______ is “a person who meets all the requirements of qualified person, and who, in addition, is responsible for all work activities or safety procedures related to custom or special equipment and has detailed knowledge regarding the exposure to electrical hazards, the appropriate control measures and the implementation of those methods.”
  10. According to OSHA, a ______  ______ is “one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and
    who has authorization to take prompt
    corrective measures to eliminate them.”

About The Author

Wesley L. Wheeler

Wesley L. Wheeler

Executive Director of Safety

WHEELER, SMS, CESCP, is NECA’s executive director of safety and is a Safety Management Specialist through the BCSP and Certified Electrical Safety Compliance Professional through NFPA. He is technical committee member on NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code, Code-Making Panels, and a former technical committee member on NFPA 70E. He also served as an employer representative on the OSHA ACCSH Committee from 2019-2023. Reach him at [email protected].

 

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