Actions In the Event of an Accident Involving Electricity
Actions In The Event Of An Accident Involving Electricity
First aid
The main priority is to evacuate the person from the danger zone while ensuring one's own safety. When attempting to save the life of the victim of an accident caused by electrical currents, every minute counts and sometimes every second. Do not neglect your own personal safety under any circumstances.
NOTE: Immediately after unplugging the service disconnector, treat the system as if it were still live. For your own safety, use a non-conductive object to push away the victim.
- Keep calm.
- Do not expose yourself to the risk of electric shock.
- Interrupt the electric circuit (engage a third party if necessary)
- Ignition off
- Unplug the service disconnector
- Isolate/Push the victim away from the power source using an electrically non-conductive object (e.g. piece of wood)
Always evacuate the casualty from the danger zone and eliminate all immediate dangers (fire, active high-voltage components) to yourself and other people before initiating first aid measures.
- Initiate first aid measures
- Call the emergency services or an emergency paramedic
- Notify the first aider or paramedic of the victim's location
- Move the victim to a normal position
- Check responsiveness of the victim
- Check breathing, pulse and circulation
- If the person if responsive, take appropriate actions to cool their burns
- Do not leave injured persons unattended until the emergency services arrive.
Assistance measures in the event of fire
- Do not breathe in any gases or smoke that may be generated
- Alert the fire department and inform them on arrival that the vehicle is a high-voltage vehicle
- Remove or cover any sources of ignition in the vicinity
- Always use CO2 or ABC powder extinguishers to fight fires on electrical systems, alternatively use fire blankets
- Make sure that the fire has been extinguished properly to prevent smouldering fires from reigniting
Fire extinguishers
Always use CO2, powder or foam extinguishers to fight fires on electrical systems.
Due to the risk of suffocation, do not use CO2 extinguishers on burning victims.
- Always keep fire extinguishers within easy reach
- Fire extinguishers must be filled and restored to a perfect functional condition after each use
- Fire extinguishers must be checked regularly (at least once every two years)
- Identify the location of the fire alarms and fire extinguishers
- Make sure that access to fire extinguishers and alarms is guaranteed at all times
Obligation to report accidents
In the event of an electrical accident, the emergency services must be contacted immediately because the fate of a patient depends on swift medical intervention from the emergency paramedic (advanced procedures).
The Dealer is obliged to install alarm systems and implement organizational measures with consideration for the operational conditions within the dealership to ensure that the rescue services can be called immediately and then directed to the scene of an accident.
The Dealer must ensure that the relevant telephone numbers are posted in a central, clearly visible location within the workshop so that the emergency response center can be contacted as quickly as possible.
The quality of the emergency call depends heavily on the content of the information provided.
The following list questions is generally advised:
