Occupational hazards of solar container power stations

Workers in the solar energy industry are potentially exposed to a variety of serious hazards, such as arc flashes (which include arc flash burn and blast hazards), electric shock, falls, and thermal burn hazards that can cause injury and death. Solar energy can be converted into electricity using photovoltaics (PV), or concentrating solar power (CSP). This checklist aims to help identify the potential hazards to workers’ safety and health from small-scale and domestic solar energy systems, covering all stages of their life cycle, from manufacturing, installation and maintenance to decommissioning and recycling.