A worker proposes energized work solely because shutdown is inconvenient. What is the correct decision framework?
- Establish an electrically safe work condition
- BInconvenience automatically justifies energized work
- COrdinary work clothes replace the risk assessment
- DRemoving covers before planning reduces risk
Why A is correct
The preferred control is de-energization and an electrically safe work condition. If an allowed justification exists, the employer must use the required energized-work planning, shock and arc assessments, boundaries, tools, PPE, and authorization rather than treating convenience as justification.