Love the idea behind this device. Shunt arc flash energy from the worker and make the fault quicker. This was introduced a few months back and it has been a real innovation that can be retrofitted for older style equipment.
Read the article in the Bangalore Mirror.

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“Two NStar workers were hospitalized Friday morning after an overnight fire in a manhole at the corner of Summer and Otis Streets. Both men are at Mass General Hospital, but their conditions are not immediately known. NStar said the men were working in the manhole when an equipment failure sparked the fire. Both streets have been reopened.”

ConEd has an exceptional arc flash PPE program. Two injured. One critical according to one report but not critical according to a ConEd report. Most like a manhole arc flash. Standers-by might think the person in the hole was worse off than reality. Arc flashes have substantial smoke which looks [...]

This 2003 article is free with registration to the British Medical Journal. Thought the Brits don’t recognize NFPA 70E they have pretty impeccable results with their methods for electrical safety including “safety by design”. They have required “touch safe” designs installed since 1991 for many applications which makes the average worker much safer [...]

Good to see studies in Bulgaria of electrical fatalities.
Not just of workers but most were workers and male.
Click to see the study in an Internet Journal of Forensic urnal

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Teaching everyone basic electrical safety can save heartache and pain and make our world safer.
Here we have a good example of lack of maintenance and possibly poor quality switches and breakers.
Good quality electrical devices installed properly by a trained electrical worker and periodically inspected could have hel

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The worker doesn’t appear to be an electrical worker. Most of those who die from electrocution are not electricians.
Click here to read the story in the local newspaper.
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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 [...]

This is an example of a “light bulb” not being just a light bulb. Changing higher voltage bulbs has caused many fatalities. This fixture was likely not installed correctly or broken. Workers changing many light bulbs need extra training to make them qualified. Most HV bulbs in utilities are done with [...]

“OSHA’s Houston North Area Office began its inspection on Aug. 14 when an employee who was removing a demountable wall made contact with a live wire and died. The company was cited for two alleged willful violations for failing to adequately protect employees from energized electrical circuits and failing to inform employees about the hazards involved with energized electrical circuits. OSHA defines a willful violation as one committed with intentional disregard of, or plain indifference to, the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.”