OSHA’s New Electric-Power Standards Will Energize Industry Safety Efforts, Expert Says Josh Cable Apr 30, 2014 On July 16, 2012, a utility worker installing replacement batteries in a substation suffered second- and third-degree burns when a battery cable fell onto the terminals of a battery… Read More »OSHA’s New Electric-Power Standards Will Energize Industry Safety Efforts, Expert Says
Properly Labeling Electrical Equipment Can Prevent Arc Flash Incidents in the Workplace This simplified method to label electrical equipment includes accurate arc-fault values and is a cost-effective way to reduce arc flash hazards. Oct 21, 2014 Robert E. Henry, PE Arc flashes in electric equipment… Read More »Properly Labeling Electrical Equipment Can Prevent Arc Flash Incidents in the Workplac
10 New Year’s Resolutions A Safer 2015 For You And Yours Published: January 2015 By Jim Phillips New Year’s Resolutions are easy to make but difficult to keep. There is still time to make a few late resolutions. Here are 10 such resolutions for electrical safety that… Read More »10 New Year’s Resolutions
Findings were recently released in the investigation of a July 2012 Arc Flash Accident in Shakopee, Minn. where four utilities workers were taken to the hospital due to injuries sustained while working on “inadvertently” charged power lines. It was determined that a series of missteps… Read More »Shakopee Public Utilities’ Missteps Cause Arc Flash Accident