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Key Changes to NFPA's 2021 Electrical Workplace Safety Standards

Posted by Jenn | 05.10.21

Electrical safety in the workplace is vitally important: OSHA reports an average of 86 electrocution deaths a year, with an additional 1,7700 to 2,000 electricity-related injuries annually. The good news...

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May is Electrical Safety Month

Posted by Jenn | 04.21.21

Electricity-related injures occur to more than 4,000 workers every day in the United States and frequently these injuries can result in death. May is recognized as National Electrical Safety Month, which...

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Choosing the Proper PPE for Electric Arc Exposure

Posted by Jenn | 03.01.21

The materials and technology for manufacturing personal protective equipment (PPE) that can protect workers from exposure to the hazards of electric arcs is rapidly improving through the research efforts of the...

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Steps to Complete an Arc Flash Analysis

Posted by Jenn | 10.01.20

While electrical injuries as not as common as other job-related injuries, they are disproportionately dangerous, especially in the case of arc flash incidents. Approximately 2,000 American workers receive burns from...

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What are Approach Boundaries?

Posted by John | 02.06.19

Arc flash describes a dangerous event which occurs when electric current leaves its intended path and arcs through the air until making contact with another conductor or the ground. The...

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Arc Flash PPE Explained

Posted by John | 01.17.19

An arc flash is a potentially destructive workplace accident, capable of causing severe injury and equipment damage in the space of a few seconds. The National Fire Protection Association offers...

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