Employers have a legal duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act to ensure the safety of employees. This includes taking steps like electrical testing to prevent health and safety risks. Without regular testing of portable appliances, fixed wiring, emergency lighting, and fire alarms, employers put employees like Pete at risk of injury or death from electrical hazards or in an emergency. Failure to comply with electrical safety regulations could result in fines or imprisonment for the employer if accidents occur. It is important for employers to speak to a compliance specialist to properly protect their employees and company through electrical safety testing programs.

1. ‘SHOCKING’Compliance
Why your company needs electrical testing?
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2. ELECTRICAL TESTING - What's All The Fuss About?
The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 states that an employer has a ‘duty of
care’ to ensure that their employees (and those affected by their work) are
safe.
As well as being legally responsible, an employer has
an implied responsibility that steps are taken to ensure
employees health and safety are not at risk.
An employer might be found liable for his actions
or failure to act even if these are not written in law.

3. HI, I AM PETE!
SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU CAN
DO AS AN EMPLOYER TO PROTECT
PETE’S LIFE IN THE WORK PLACE.
29 years old
Employed by you for last 5 years
Loves football
Hate cats
Enjoys fishing
Last year meet love of his life, Valerie

4. PAT TESTING
Without testing, how could you
be sure that portable
appliances are safe for use?

5. PAT TESTING
In the UK every year there are approx. 30 people killed as
a direct result of contact with electricity.
Even more are seriously injured.
PAT testing helps to reduce the risk of being injured by
ensuring that portable appliances are safe for use.

6. Emergency Lighting Inspections
How will you know where to escape if there are no
emergency lights?

7. Emergency Lighting Inspections
Emergency lighting and exit signage are essential for safe
and smooth evacuation from buildings if accidents or
catastrophic events occur.
It provides illumination allowing people to see clearly, avoid
obstacles and move confidently to the nearest exit in a
crisis.

8. FIRE ALARM
DAMAGED
Fire Alarm Testing
How do you expect to know that you
are in danger if the fire alarm doesn’t
work?

9. Fire Alarm Testing
Over time fire alarm systems become less sensitive,
standby batteries get weaker and general faults begin to
develop, therefore regular testing is essential to ensure
your premises maintains the correct degree of protection
for the risk of fire.

10. Did you know? Electrical installations
deteriorate with age. By law they must
be tested at regular intervals to
ensure they are safe.
Fixed Wire Testing

11. Fixed Wire Testing
Over 7% of fatalities in the workplace are caused by
persons coming into contact with electricity or electrical
discharge caused by systems being neglected.
Make sure the duty holder of your workplace has his
electrical safety programme in place.

12. Do you know that you can detect
faults in electrical equipment before
failure occurs?
Thermal Imaging

13. Thermal Imaging
Electrical thermal imaging is a non-contact temperature measurement
survey which is carried out on electrical equipment without any disruption
to service.
The hotspots detected reveals that an electrical break-down or fault may
occur within the equipment, which provides the client essential
information that his electrical equipment requires attention before failure.
Thermal imaging on a regular basis on industries that can’t be isolated
due to production could save the client thousands of pounds on detecting
faults before they occur.

14. Importance of
Electrical testing!
As an employer if
you fail to abide
by these
regulations and
accidents occur
you face a
potential charge
of manslaughter.

15. What you should know?
If you do not have your appliances tested then you run the risk of fire or
injury or even death of your employees, visitors and yourself.
There is a maximum penalty of a £5,000 fine and/or up to six months
imprisonment for breaches under the general duties of the Health
Safety at Work Act 1974.
In 1992 penalties of up to £20,000 were introduced and offences heard
on indictment in the Crown Court now attract unlimited financial
penalties and up to two years imprisonment.

16. The fuss is: your employees and company’s safety.
Talk to a specialist today and protect your team.

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