With facilities managers being inundated with an array of regulations and requirements, it’s no wonder they’re reluctant and skeptical to embrace the NFPA 70E requirement to field-label their ...

Unfortunately, the absence of an arc flash label does not mean the equipment is safe to work on. In fact, every time an ...

OSHA's job is to ensure safety in the workplace, but in many cases, the agency leaves the methods for achieving safety to other standard-setting bodies. An excellent example of this arc flash safety.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has always maintained that electrical work should only take place on de-energized equipment. This idealistic goal hasn't always been practical ...

Electrical equipment and electrical safety devices are constantly being changed and improved, hence why your electrical safety program must address those changes. The NFPA 70E Committee addresses ...

Arc flash explosions are short, intense bursts of energy that can reach temperatures four times hotter than the surface of the sun (think 35,000 degrees Fahrenheit), even though they only last for ...

Answered by Rich Gojdics, regional market manager, Westex Inc., Chicago. Implementing a complete electrical safe-work practices program is involved and complex. Developing focus teams, becoming ...

Arc flash - also often called a flashover - is a type of strong electrical explosion that poses a serious threat to firefighters when dealing with powerful electrical components. An arc flash is ...