De-energizing equipment does not absolve the facility from the responsibility of performing an arc flash analysis or providing the necessary PPE. While the threat of shock and electrocution from ...

Assumptions and complacency are two of safety’s worst enemies. If the following story hits uncomfortably close to home for you, it will have served its purpose. In January 1993, two employees were ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has begun to aggressively monitor compliance with passage of the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) 70E standard, issued in 2000. In ...

Electricians face many challenges on the job, including shock, electrocution, arc flash, and arc blasts, all of which can cause lasting injuries or death. Construction electrical work is considered ...

It’s a force that can set clothing or skin on fire, send debris flying like shrapnel, melt metals, start fires or send a worker tumbling from a large height. An arc flash can kill or seriously hurt a ...

Using arc-resistant PPE is one of the key strategies for protecting workers from the hazards of arc-flash accidents. Although it wasn’t until the 1800s that Thomas Edison and others figured out how to ...

Arc flash is defined as an explosive release of energy caused by an electrical arc. Typically, the arc results from either a phase-to-ground or phase-to-phase fault created by many possible events.

It's easy to complain, “We did everything right!” after a catastrophe – particularly when an explosive arc blast destroys the evidence. But when John Kay, senior specialist, medium voltage ...

When electrical equipment must be maintained or repaired while energized, an arc flash hazard may be present. Affected workers need to know what steps should be taken to stay safe. Arc flash warning ...

He was married, had a very upbeat personality, a good position at the company, and was pleasant to be around. One day, Henry was trying to track down a low voltage problem and was conducting voltage ...

While the threat of shock and electrocution from inadvertent contact with energized parts has long been recognized, the arc flash and arc blast hazards have only fairly recently been incorporated into ...