The 2021 NFPA 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace is now available at the e-Hazard online store.

Changes in this edition include the following, according to the NFPA website:

• Revisions to Article 110 to incorporate the general requirements for electrical safety-related work programs, practices, and procedures from other articles
• References to arc-resistant switchgear in Tables 130.5(C) and 130.7(C)(15)(a) changed to arc-resistant equipment to address the use of other types of arc-resistant equipment
• Addition of Article 360, Safety-Related Requirements for Capacitors, and Annex R, Working with Capacitors, to address specific electrical safety requirements unique to capacitors
• Edits to Annex D, Incident Energy and Arc Flash Boundary Calculation Methods, to reference IEEE-1584-2018 as a method of calculation