Utility Worker Escapes from Arc Flash on Power Line
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…
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…
A 61-year-old construction worker died from electrocution this past June. The worker had been driving a dump truck to remove debris from a site in Lexington, KY. He raised the bed…
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