Clothing System First One of our first slides in e-Hazard.com Arc Flash and Electrical Safety Training developed in 2004 was a slide on using 2 levels of protection (HRC 2 and…
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…
Is One Rating Better Than the Other? The question often arises as to whether an Arc Thermal Performance Value (ATPV) or an Energy Breakopen Threshold (EBT) is better protection in…
No. Incident data in all countries indicate the contrary. While there are NO standards for work practices in most countries, depending on IEC design standards may help prevent many injuries,…
The short answer is "no". They might someday come out but you can see my answer to this question on arc flash forum. Read the post here...
Employees can't sue their employers in most cases of injury unless the company shows negligence but a contractor on your site doesn't have that same binding issue because they aren't…