As we point out. Just about every major fine includes fines for electrical safety. Seems like electrical safety is the canary in the coal mine for safety. It is usually technical. If you don’t have a technical safety team, you will not catch electrical hazards and probably others. As more companies use NFPA 70E for [...]

This is very sad. The worker was fixing the powerline and teenagers came up to argue. They stood up to them and they came back and shot him. Hope their personal power is off for a while. Why don’t these kids get a job and drop killing working men! Sorry to rant. Service persons shouldn’t [...]

We offer a class for first responders and electrical training. These classes are important. They give the firefighter a tool for making themselves safer by their decisions and proper use of PPE. Read the article on manhole safety in Fire Fighter Nation.

Underground networks in our larger cities have the most fault current of all the electrical systems other than possibly a smelter. These networks must be worked on and in by highly qualified persons but there are coming new devices such as arc flash protective blankets which are tested to meet ASTM F2676 that can help [...]

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OSHA continues to see electrical issues even when the original purpose of the visit do not include an electrical incident. This is because one of the biggest killers in the workplace is still unrecognized electrical hazards. NFPA 70E training in Region 1 OSHA is at a peak. Other regions are following suit. Read the OSHA [...]

Oil refineries are usually following NFPA 70E but this could be an exception. No details in the OSHA press release.

The most common killer of electricians is this “simple” job. Changing 277V fluorescent lighting fixtures. They think it is routine and fail to wear proper PPE or fully de-energize the circuit. Following NFPA 70E prevents 100% of these incidents and NEW NEC code changes will prevent them all without PPE in the future. Read about [...]

Click here to read about the electrical safety violations including failure to ground and other electrical hazards.

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