A National Grid worker received electric shock and fall injuries this week. A worker, whose name has not yet been released, fell out of a bucket to the ground, striking…
Is that Electrical Wire De-Energized? A worker in New Jersey escaped injury after a power line fell to wet ground and arc flashed. How much energy is there? Probably very…
Dowa THT America, Inc., of Bowling Green, OH, has been issued several citations from OSHA. Proposed fines total over $1,300,000. The company was cited for twenty-five willful, serious, and other-than-serious…
Our article on AR and FR gloves came out in the February-March 2019 edition of Incident Prevention. In Specifying Arc-Rated and Flame-Resistant Gloves , Stacy Klausing and I discuss the different…
Question on PPE We recently became aware of a worksite which was auditing a contractor's PPE for compliance to NFPA 70E and OSHA 1910 standards. A contractor was using the…
Why is arc-rated hand protection important for electrical workers? Arc ratings are determined using a distance of 12 inches from an open air arc. However, the qualified electrical worker's hands…