NOVENEX Toolbox Talk — Portable Electrical Tools and Extension Leads
Electrical Safety · ±6 minutes · novenex.tech/toolbox-talks
Grinders, drills and extension leads take daily abuse — dragged over steel, run over, rained on. Electrical injuries from portable tools are almost always preceded by visible damage that someone decided to live with.
Before use
- •Lead check: no cuts, taped joints, exposed cores or crushed sections.
- •Plug intact with cord grip holding the sheath, not the cores.
- •Guards in place and moving parts stop when they should.
- •Site work runs through an earth-leakage/RCD-protected supply — always.
In use
- •Leads routed overhead or protected — never through doorways, water, or walkways unprotected.
- •Unplug by the plug; never yank the cable.
- •Damaged tools get tagged out and handed in immediately — not put back in the box for the next person.
Discussion — ask the crew
- Who does our portable appliance inspections and how are tools marked?
- Where is the nearest RCD-protected point for outdoor work?
- What is the fastest way to get a damaged lead replaced here?
Attendance record
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Equip this talk
Requisition the extension leads and related equipment from the Supply Register.