Electric Shock Rescue and Resuscitation Safe Work Procedure
Editable Word safe work procedure for Queensland businesses: making the area safe, isolating power, calling 000, first aid and AED use by trained people, burns care, medical checks and reporting.
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Written by Ryan Graham, health and safety professional (16 years on Queensland sites)
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About this template
Suits workshops, shops, farms, construction sites, electrical contractors and any business with electrical equipment. It tells workers how to help a person who has had an electric shock without being hurt themselves, and is clear that clinical steps come from accredited first aid training.
What Is Included In Our Electric Shock Rescue and Resuscitation Safe Work Procedure?
- Safe work procedure with an approval sign-off
- Make safe first: never touch a person who may be live
- Isolating the supply and keeping away from high voltage and fallen lines
- Calling Triple Zero (000) early
- First aid, CPR and AED by trained people, with no clinical figures
- Burns care and standard precautions
- Medical check for everyone shocked
- Keeping the scene and notification, with the Act and Regulation overlap explained
- Training, records and review
Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): s 28 (duties of workers), s 46 (other duty holders), ss 47 to 49 (consultation), ss 35 to 39 (notifiable incidents, including s 37(e) electric shock); schedule 1 part 2 division 2 item 4 (relationship with the Electrical Safety Act 2002)
- Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): ss 11 and 12 (serious electrical incident and dangerous electrical event)
- Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): s 203 (how energised electrical work is performed), s 211 (rescue and resuscitation training), s 292 (notification), s 296 (preserving the site), schedule 10 (definition of safety observer)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): s 38 (review of control measures), s 39 (training), s 42 (first aid), s 43 (emergency plans)
- Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld): s 133 (employer’s report)
- First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021: sections 2.1, 3.3, 3.5 and 3.6, and appendices E and F
- Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2021 – Managing electrical risks in the workplace (Qld): sections 1.1 and 6.3. Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2020 – Working near overhead and underground electric lines (Qld): section 1.4
- The legislation does not settle how the WHS Act and the Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 overlap after an electric shock, or whether one notice covers both, so this document says to ask the regulator
- This document is general information for Queensland workplaces and is not legal advice
What You Get
- An editable Microsoft Word document (6 pages), A4 portrait
- Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
- Purpose, scope and a policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions, and responsibilities for each role
- A step-by-step procedure that says who does what
- Records, training, monitoring and review, related documents and a revision history
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