Lithium-Ion Battery Safety Awareness

Lithium-ion batteries now power almost everything at work, from phones and laptops to power tools, pallet jacks, cleaning machines and e-bikes and battery fires are rising sharply. This course explains what thermal runaway is and why it behaves so differently from an ordinary fire, the four things that set it off, the warning signs a battery gives before it fails, how to charge and store batteries safely, what to do with a swollen or damaged one, why a battery must never go in a bin and why a battery fire is not a fire to fight. Includes paced slides with diagrams, a workplace decision scenario and quick self checks.

What You Will Learn

Course Content

Who This Course Is For

Everyone who uses, charges, stores, transports or disposes of battery powered equipment at work, including trades and site workers, warehouse and logistics staff, cleaners, facilities and office staff, supervisors and anyone responsible for purchasing tools or equipment.

Written by Kam Askari, Managing Director of Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Lead Auditor. MBA, Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, MAICD. Checked against the sources listed below.

Sources and Legal References

Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.