Sad another fatality which used to be common in the US. Grounding has almost totally eliminated these. The US OSHA 1910.269 legally required grounding in most medium voltage to high voltage applications or the worker must consider the conductors energized. Additionally arc rated clothing has been shown to save some shock victims. [...]

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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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.”

An Australian federal contractor was suspended after and roofing insulation installer was fatally electrocuted.
All workers are affected by electrical hazards and need processes and training to keep them safe.
Click here to read the story.

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It is commonly believed around the world that arc flashes are “freak accidents” just as most believed in the US in the early 1990’s but groundbreaking work by individuals like Ralph Lee, companies like Duke Energy, Dupont, Bussman, AB Chance LG&E Energy (eON) and our ASTM committee have shone the light that electric arc flashes [...]

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 [...]

In this excellent article interviewing Scott Margolin Imperial Sugar tells of their plan to use “FR” uniforms. They chose excellent uniforms by the way, BUT the photo on the cover has the female worker in a melting hairnet. Sad this one still hasn’t got out. The guys in the famous Cudahay Arc [...]