Jim Phillips has a great little article on electrical safety and statistics. He uses “flame retardant” clothing but means arc-rated. We’re trying to change our habits. Jim is 100% right on wearing arc-rated clothing.
NFPA 70E makes it plain. We need arc-rated clothing which meets the proper standards like those mentioned in [...]

Great idea we have suggested in our low voltage NFPA 70E arc flash training at e-hazard.com. It is rare but sometimes in remote racking a breaker can fail and arc flash. Warning when a remote racking is coming is a great idea. (We know nothing about this company or products but the idea [...]

Hugh Hoagland’s new article on common PPE mistakes covers like melting rainwear that says it is flame resistant when it isn’t, failing to train workers and the issues that come up because of this. When following NFPA 70E companies must think things through to give the best PPE program that keeps workers safe and [...]

We hear in training all the time. “My guys are not electricians, we don’t need arc flash training.” We don’t just do “arc flash training”. All training must be electrical safety training with an arc flash component. Most fatalities are from shock. NFPA 70E rules would have eliminated this fatality. [...]

These firefighters had a real challenge putting out a fire in a 4160V switchgear at the TVA plant last week.
Interesting comment on how they put the fire, caused by an arc flash, out.
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Al Havens at e-Hazard.com teaches classes on electrical safety for first responders.

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This new article on American Chronicle is helpful for arc flash training.
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Another arc flash training article which emphasizes things the numbers won’t tell you. Having labels on equipment doesn’t mean the workers are qualified or that the clothing is like linking Garanimals (from when I was a kid). You have to know more about the hazard.
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This article builds on e-Hazard.com training for arc flash and electrical safety. Caring for FR clothing requires some training.
This article is part of e-hazard resources for arc flash training.
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Here is an article of mine on arc flash labels and standards requirements. You can sign up for my white paper at e-hazard.com which has more detail.
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