Don't work alone - in the event of an emergency another person's presence may be essential. Always keep one hand in your pocket when anywhere around a powered line-connected or high voltage system. Wear rubber bottom shoes or sneakers. Wear eye protection - large plastic lensed eyeglasses or safety goggles. Set up your work area away from possible grounds that you may accidentally contact.
Microwave ovens use the chassis as ground return for the high voltage.
If circuit boards need to be removed from their mountings, put insulating material between the boards and anything they may short to. Hold them in place with string or electrical tape. Prop them up with insulation sticks - plastic or wood. Use a 1M-10M ohm 1W or greater wattage resistor on the end of an insulating stick or the probe of a high voltage meter. For TVs and monitors in particular, there is the additional danger of CRT implosion - take care not to bang the CRT envelope with your tools.