Electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids are powered by high-voltage batteries.  These batteries can be in excess of 400 volts. When responding to an accident, are first responders safe to use power cutters on the vehicle?  This is a good question.  There will need to be training on these cars.  They are the future but all new technologies require [...]

Cal- OSHA  has fined a  Santa Clara-based window washing company $17.5K  following an electrical accident that resulted in the death of one employee and severly injured another. The employees were severely burned when the bucket of their cherry picker came into contact with high-voltage transmission lines.  One of the employees died three week later.  The  citations state that the [...]

Worker electrocuted. Was BUD (Before You Dig) called? Click here to see the AOL Video.

This one has some internet common photos of overloaded powerlines from other countries (never would see most of these in the US or EU but the basics are true. We offer a first responder training for firefighter safety because of these types of hazards. Click here to see the Fire Fighter Nation article.

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. Click here to read the news story. Al Havens at e-Hazard.com teaches classes on electrical safety for first responders.