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The renewed 5th edition of The Electrical Safety Standard SFS 6002 was published in February 2025. The book SFS 6002 in practice (5th ed.) is renewed in accordance with the new standard. The renewal of the European electrical work safety standard EN 50110-1 in 2023 forms the background of the renewal, as the national SFS 6002 is based on the European EN 50110-1 standard. This book is an English translation of the original Finnish book SFS 6002 käytännössä.
The book is paragraphed mainly in accordance with the SFS 6002 standard. Examples of the topics of electrical accidents taken place during the last ten years and practical guidance have been added in suitable locations, through which the aim is to clarify how the requirements of the standard are implemented in practice. At the end of each paragraph there is a small series of questions which can be used for the repetition of the discussed issues. The questions can, of course, also be used e.g. as a test in the training session instead of a separate final exam.
In this book, the aim is to give the instructions in a clear and easily adopted form by which, when followed, electrical work and other work in the vicinity of electrical equipment can be carried out safely. This edition aims to accomplish an even clearer guide than its predecessors, easy to use as a support for education.
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CONTENTS
1 HAZARDS OF ELECTRICITY............................................................................................................7
1.1 DANGERS OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT..........................................................................................7
General...........................................................................................................................................7
The hazards of electric current.........................................................................................................7
The effects of electric current on humans.........................................................................................9
Impact of direct current (DC)..........................................................................................................11
Electric shock first aid....................................................................................................................12
The physiological effects of electric current....................................................................................12
1.2 PROTECTION AGAINST ELECTRIC SHOCK.................................................................................13
Basic protection............................................................................................................................13
Fault protection.............................................................................................................................14
Additional protection with fault current protection...........................................................................14
1.3 ARC FLASH HAZARDS...............................................................................................................14
1.4 THE EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS..................................................................16
1.5 CAUSES OF ELECTRICAL INJURIES............................................................................................17
2 LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND POSITION OF SFS 6002 STANDARD....................................................19
2.1 REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACTS..................................................................................................19
2.2 THE POSITION OF THE ELECTRICAL SAFETY STANDARD SFS 6002………………………………………...19
2.3 DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD.............................................................................................21
3 SAFE OPERATION....................................................................................................................... 26
3.1 BASIS FOR SAFE OPERATION................................................................................................... 26
3.2 INSTRUCTING.......................................................................................................................... 26
3.3 TRAINING IN SAFETY AT ELECTRICAL WORK............................................................................. 28
3.4 EMERGENCY MEASURES......................................................................................................... 28
3.5 FIRST AID TRAINING................................................................................................................. 29
3.6 COMMUNICATION DURING WORK AND FLOW OF INFORMATION............................................. 30
3.7 WORK AREA.............................................................................................................................31
3.8 TOOLS, ACCESSORIES, AND EQUIPMENT..................................................................................31
3.9 PERSONAL PROTECTION......................................................................................................... 32
3.10 DRAWINGS, DOCUMENTS, AND SIGNS.................................................................................. 35
Examples of signs......................................................................................................................... 37
4 PERSONS PERFORMING ELECTRICAL WORK AND THE ORGANISATION………………………………….. 39
4.1 PERSONS PERFORMING ELECTRICAL WORK............................................................................ 39
Ordinary person............................................................................................................................ 39
Instructed person.......................................................................................................................... 40
Electrically skilled professional...................................................................................................... 40
Works on similar types of equipment..............................................................................................41
4.2 ORGANISATION....................................................................................................................... 42
Areas of responsibility of the organisation...................................................................................... 42
Person in charge of electrical work................................................................................................. 42
Work controller (WC), “työnaikaisen sähköturvallisuuden valvoja” (STV).......................................... 46
How is the work controller nominated?.......................................................................................... 46
When shall a work controller be nominated?.................................................................................. 47
The holder of the electrical installation........................................................................................... 49
Person in charge of the operation................................................................................................... 49
5 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES..................................................................................................... 54
5.1 WHAT OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES?....................................................................................... 54
Permissible operational procedures for different persons................................................................ 58
Instructed person.......................................................................................................................... 58
Electrical professional................................................................................................................... 58
5.2 OPERATIONAL INSPECTIONS................................................................................................... 58
Measurement............................................................................................................................... 59
Categories of measurement equipment ......................................................................................... 59
Testing.......................................................................................................................................... 60
6 WORKING PRACTICES................................................................................................................ 63
6.1 GENERAL................................................................................................................................ 63
Specific risk factors related to the work.......................................................................................... 63
Work procedures........................................................................................................................... 64
6.2 DEAD WORKING...................................................................................................................... 65
Basis............................................................................................................................................ 65
Five safety rules............................................................................................................................ 65
Permission to start work................................................................................................................ 83
Re-energizing of the work location.................................................................................................. 83
6.3 LIVE WORKING........................................................................................................................ 85
What is live working?..................................................................................................................... 85
Definition of live working zones...................................................................................................... 85
Who is allowed to perform live working?......................................................................................... 88
Organisation of live working........................................................................................................... 90
Tools and personal protection equipment used in live workings........................................................91
Live working in short.......................................................................................................................91
6.4 WORKING IN THE VICINITY OF LIVE PARTS................................................................................ 93
Division of vicinity works................................................................................................................ 95
Definition of the vicinity zone......................................................................................................... 96
Working in the vicinity of overhead lines......................................................................................... 98
Working above a live overhead line with a mobile or movable machine is mainly prohibited!............. 99
Transportations in the vicinity of overhead lines............................................................................ 100
Other works in electrical rooms in the vicinity of live parts..............................................................102
Instructing a person performing other work...................................................................................103
Tools........................................................................................................................................... 104
7 MAINTENANCE PRACTICES....................................................................................................... 106
7.1 GENERAL.............................................................................................................................. 106
7.2 PERSONNEL.......................................................................................................................... 106
7.3 REPAIR WORKS......................................................................................................................107
7.4 REPLACEMENT WORKS..........................................................................................................107
Replacement of fuses..................................................................................................................107
Permissible fuse replacement works.............................................................................................107
Replacement of lamps and starters..............................................................................................109
7.5 INTERRUPTION AND FINISHING OF MAINTENANCE WORK...................................................... 110
8 WORKS CONCERNING ELECTRICAL VEHICLES.......................................................................... 112
8.1 GENERAL.............................................................................................................................. 112
9 APPENDIXES ............................................................................................................................ 113
APPENDIX 1: Division of tasks of operation controller.................................................................... 113
APPENDIX 2: Division of tasks of the work controller ..................................................................... 114
APPENDIX 3: The correct answers to the Test your knowledge questions ....................................... 115
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115 p. B5
ISBN 978-952-231-449-9
5th updated edition
2026
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