Martindale Electric wants to hear from electricians on workplace safety. Take the 2026 survey, share your experience, and enter a draw to win a £100 gift card.
Safe isolation is a vital task which needs to be performed whenever working on an electrical installation.
It ensures both the safety of those working on the installation, and other tradespeople or members of the public who might be on the premises. It is important that the person who performs the isolation is trained, qualified, and up to date on the procedures necessary to perform this task. Appropriate equipment is also essential, both testing kit and lock off devices.
Proving dead effectively and safely is vital when it comes to safe isolation and the safeguarding of people and assets. By introducing a robust safe isolation procedure, compliance with the latest standards is assured, helping to reduce the number of electricity-related injuries and fatalities within the workplace, whilst also avoiding potential significant financial penalties and consequential losses.
Martindale has long been an active campaigner for electrical safety in the workplace, introducing ALIVE – its memorable five fail-safe steps to safe isolation – and, more recently, its STOP. No Check. No Contact. campaign to raise awareness of the importance of conducting a live metal check before testing.
Have your say - take part in Martindale’s 2026 survey – closes 17th July 2026
Martindale are gathering insights from those who work closely with electricity to better understand real-world experiences of electrical safety, electrical incidents, and incident reporting.
The Martindale safety survey is designed to help highlight the importance of electrical safety in the workplace, more importantly it will also give those who work closely with electricity the opportunity to share their invaluable experiences and insights.
Your chance to win one of five £100 Amazon gift cards*
The survey shouldn't take more than five minutes to complete and, by way of thanks, all fully completed and submitted surveys will be entered into a prize draw for the chance to win one of five £100 Amazon gift cards.*
Simply click the link below to take part.
Electrical Safety in the Workplace Survey 2026
The survey is 100% anonymous. No individual names or company references will be released.
The survey and prize draw closes at 11.59pm on the 17th July 2026.