Safe Electrical Isolation Risk Assessment Template

Create your document in minutes with this ready to use Safe Electrical Isolation Risk Assessment template. Use the quick and easy editor to add your details, make changes, and download a completed document branded with your business name.

Need to create a risk assessment for safe electrical isolation work?

This online template provides a practical starting point for identifying the hazards and assessing the risks associated with safely isolating electrical supplies before work is carried out.

It can be used to document the hazards, people who may be affected, existing control measures and additional precautions relevant to safe electrical isolation.

The online template helps you create a risk assessment covering safe electrical isolation, including hazards and controls relating to:

• Electric shock and electrical burns
• Incorrect identification of circuits or equipment
• Failure to isolate the correct electrical supply
• Unauthorised or accidental reconnection
• Proving electrical supplies are isolated and circuits are dead
• Use of voltage indicators and test equipment
• Use of electrical tools and equipment
• Access to electrical equipment and isolation points
• Working around other electrical services
• Poor communication or inadequate control of the work area
• Unexpected energisation of equipment
• Housekeeping and access routes
• Other relevant project-specific hazards and control measures

The template can be adapted to suit the particular work, site and circumstances.

The template guides you through the key information needed to create a risk assessment for safe electrical isolation work. You’ll have 30 days’ access to the online template, with the option to create and download your completed risk assessment as a non-editable PDF to keep, share and use within your business.

You can use the Safe Electrical Isolation Risk Assessment template as it is, in your business, and we will add your business name at the top of each page. The template is pre-completed as a ready to use example for the activity, you can edit it as much as you need to produce a site specific health and safety document for your projects or workplace.