CSA Z462-08

Workplace electrical safety

This Standard specifies electrical safety requirements for workplaces that are necessary for the practical safeguarding of workers during activities such as the installation, operation, maintenance, and demolition of electric conductors, electric equipment, signalling and communications conductors and equipment, and raceways for the following: (a) public and private premises, including buildings, structures, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, and floating buildings; (b) yards, lots, parking lots, carnivals, and industrial substations; (c) installations of conductors and equipment that connect to the supply of electricity; and (d) installations used by the electric utility, e.g., office buildings, warehouses, garages, machine shops, and recreational buildings, that are not an integral part of a generating plant, substation, or control centre. The purpose of this Standard is to specify requirements for a practical safe working area for workers relative to the hazards arising from the use of electricity