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IAEI Magazine Article Page for Arc Flash Training Articles

Hugh Hoagland — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:34:29 +0000

Sharing arc flash information is the purpose of this blog. We seek the best and least commercial information sources of arc flash.

IAEI (International Association of Electrical Inspectors) Magazine has several articles on arc flash and has one page dedicated to helping find them.

http://www.iaei.org/magazine/tag/arc-flash/

Multi-Hazard Arc Flash Gloves for non-shock arc flash exposures

Hugh Hoagland — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:46:43 +0000

Superior Glove Newsletter article on non-shock arc flash and other hazard gloves. These are for operators or ground crews exposed to arc flash possibilities but with no shock hazard.

Click here to read Hugh Hoagland’s arc flash glove hazard article.

Using Dielectric and Electrical Hazard Shoes Article in OH&S Magazine

Hugh Hoagland — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:28:24 +0000

This article explores requirements for DI and EH Shoes and Best Practices for use of shoes in arc flash and step potential. Another of our arc flash training articles.

http://ohsonline.com/articles/2011/04/01/using-dielectric-and-electrical-hazard-shoes.aspx

“Arc Flash Feel the Heat” Changes to NFPA 70E and NESC Will Affect the Workplace

Hugh Hoagland — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:13:08 +0000

Hugh Hoagland, Lee Hale and Bill Shinn partners in e-Hazard Management, LLC (the leading electrical safety training company in the US with over 350 trainers using their materials) discuss the changes in the new 2012 standards and the affect of NFPA 70E 2012 and the NESC 2012 on electrical safety. While many call this arc flash training, the discussion focuses on prevention of arc flash accidents and how to make the workplace safer for workers exposed to electrical hazards. The article explores electrical safety, arc flash calculation requirements, arc flash PPE requirements, HRC arc flash requirements and many other topics related to arc flash and electrical safety.

Click here to read Arc Flash Feel the Heat in ISHN Magazine. You must register but the registration is free.

NSC Covers NFPA 70E 2012 in Safety and Health Magazine

Hugh Hoagland — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:32:53 +0000

NSC covering NFPA 70E shows how mainstream arc flash and even electrical safety have gone. It is a wonderful change from 17 years ago when we were fighting to bring arc flash standards for testing in ASTM F18. At that time NFPA 70E didn’t even mention arc flash as an electrical hazard.

The 1995 change to NFPA 70E to introduce the “arc flash boundary” was the beginning for NFPA 70E but this really all began in two different veins. Ralph Lee wrote his 1982 paper on a theoretical beginning of arc flash. Though the physics were wrong (thanks Dr. David Sweeting of Australia for tutelage on this), the idea was right. Arc flash was being ignored. Ralph brought to our conciousness the idea and Dr. Tom Neal of DuPont became one of the early evangelists along with Allen Bingham (formerly of GA Power) and myself (formerly with LG&E Energy). Others like Bill Mattiford took up the torch (through his utility PECO and EEI) and Jim Tomaseski, Palmer Hickman and Jim Dollard representing IBEW continued this union’s focus on safety and building the electrical industry in general. NSC rightly points out that Appendix P is new to the standard though the idea has been in since 2009 of using the ANSI Z10 standard to tie continuious improvement processes to electrical safety. This was the brainchild of Lanny Floyd and Danny Liggett of DuPont among others. It is probably the most ignored part of the standard. Hopefully we can get better.

Click here to read the article NFPA 70E “Staying Current” from Safety & Health Magazine.

Hugh Hoagland Interview with Ansell

Hugh Hoagland — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:31:11 +0000

At the National Safety Council this year, Ansell hosted a training event on arc flash with Hugh Hoagland of ArcWear.com and e-Hazard.com. Hugh is the foremost researcher in arc flash and PPE and sits on IEC 61482, ASTM F18 & F23, ANSI 107, CSA Z462, CSA Z96 and works with NFPA 70E on taskforces. Hugh discussed Arc Flash Training, arc rated gloves, arc rated PPE and many other subjects in this Ansell interview.

Click here to view interview with Hugh Hoagland

NFPA 70E 2012 Now Online, PDF and Books can be ordered

Hugh Hoagland — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:12:20 +0000

Here is the link to the direct page you can purchase it from NFPA. It is about 2 months earlier than they had promised.

Click here to purchase NFPA 70E 2012 Electrical Safety in the Workplace from NFPA.

Predicting, Containing and Protecting From Arc Flash

Hugh Hoagland — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:48:54 +0000

Jim Neumann of EDSA offers some insight into arc flash calculations and several prevention technologies which assist in protecting workers outside of PPE.

Good read.

Click Here to read the article at OHS Magazine

Hugh Hoagland Interview on FRC and Arc Rated Clothing

Hugh Hoagland — Mon, 30 May 2011 14:59:50 +0000

Here is a video interview with me on arc rated subjects.

http://www.millikenfr.com/Pages/home.aspx

Identifying the incidence of electricity-related accidents in Great Britain

Hugh Hoagland — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:09:17 +0000

HSE is a national independent watchdog for work-related health, safety and illness in Great Britain. HSE has put together a research report on identifying the incidence of electricity- related accidents in Great Britain. Be sure to click the link below and then download the full report that is available . If nothing else, read the conclusions section. Interesting stuff.

Click here to read more and download full report on electrical safety studies in incidents in Great Britian