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How to do an Electrical Switchgear Risk Assessment in Mexico? | Carelabs

By Carelabs Engineering Team
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Every business may suffer losses due to unexpected hazard events that can put it at vulnerable to risk. But most importantly these events can be prevented before it occurs. Effective risk assessment & control having a good risk prevention and control mitigation program will assist to reduce operating costs when eliminating hazard risks, exposure and any losses associated with the event.

Its objective is to identify, assess and evaluate all possible risks that could affect the well-being state of people and assets within the establishment. This is done to generating reports and effective suggestions in order to ensure continuity of operation, detect the unsafe condition, as well as determining the inherent risks.

Electrical risk assessment is the foundation of any electrical safety program. An effective electrical safety program requires a clear understanding of all possible hazard risks within the premise. A risk assessment is a systematic approach to evaluating, and assessing these risks.

It is the process of detecting potential sources of harmful risk in a workplace. Identifying and analyzing the workplace hazard risks is crucial to implement control measures that will help ensure the safety of people and facility. It helps in evaluating risks and taking necessary action to remove or reduce risks.

When assessing the probability of a harmful risks, it is tempting to assume that people in your facility are well-informed about risk handling and are utilizing the electrical switchgear correctly. This will lead to inconsistent and incorrect optimistic assessment results, in turn result in a false sense of security.

Main reasons assessing and managing the electrical switchgear risks, are described as below

The strongest reason for electrical risk assessment is to prevent any harm to people working on it. Many electrical switchgear activities are inherently dangerous. However, no one expects to risk their life, physical health as a consequence of working on it.

These are all employer’s moral duty to take appropriate steps to ensure the health and safety of their workers and property. Risk assessment on these are the best means of which this can be effectively controlled.

Employers have legal obligations in terms of health & safety point of view which, if they don not fulfill. It may give rise to severe penalties, fines or imprisonment. Timely conducted risk assessment provide evidence that necessary steps need to be taken.

Employers must minimize the substantial financial costs of workplace accidents. It includes not only direct damage costs to switchgear, and compensation to the injured people, but also a range of indirect costs like loss of production, loss of orders, insurance premiums, etc.

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