Does this mean every electrician has to have CPR training or you have to have employees that have had CPR training? The facility I am at has designated first responders on site at all times. The majority of the first responders are not electricians. Some of the electricians have been trained in CPR but not all.
OSHA has had this rule for electrical workers since 1981, nothing new. Your first responders have to be able to get there in 4 minutes. That can be an issue with vaults or rooftop substations. Also your first responders need to be trained in safe procedures for release of the victim from the electrical circuit, rescue hooks, system shutdown, etc... They dont have to be electricians, but they wil need the correct electrical training to meet the 70E definition of a wualified person. Here is what the OSHA article says.
1910.269 (b)(1) "Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid training." When employees are
performing work on or associated with exposed lines or equipment energized at 50
volts or more, persons trained in first aid including cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR) shall be available as follows:
(b)(1)(i) For field work involving two or more employees at a work location, at least two
trained persons shall be available. However, only one trained person need be
available if all new employees are trained in first aid, including CPR, within 3
months of their hiring dates.
(b)(1)(ii) For fixed work locations such as generating stations, the number of trained
persons available shall be sufficient to ensure that each employee exposed to
electric shock can be reached within 4 minutes by a trained person. However,
where the existing number of employees is insufficient to meet this requirement
(at a remote substation, for example), all employees at the work location shall be
trained.
