This article was written by James White of Shermco Industries for Fluke Corp. The 2018 edition of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, includes training requirements for ...
Electricity is a powerful force that can cause serious injury and death. When it comes to electrical job tasks, it only takes an instant to turn a momentary mistake into a life-altering event or even ...
Any safety training program, regardless of the hazard, needs to influence and change worker behaviors in order to prevent injuries. It must impact trainees to the degree that they buy into the new ...
Electrical accidents are described by OSHA as one of their “Fatal Four.” That’s why it is essential to have an Electrical Safety Program that meets the comprehensive compliance standards and ...
Electrical safety is one of those issues that proves that the devil is indeed in the details. Nearly every industry has to deal with electrical safety concerns in that there’s some sort of electrical ...
Controlling the utilities at incident scenes should always be a priority. There’s a lot more to securing utilities than just going around the building turning off switches and closing valves. Just ...
A selection of guidance documents and general advice in relation to Electrical Safety in BBC premises, on productions and events. This section will help those who need to do a risk assessment where ...
Here's the good news: electrical workplace fatalities have been decreasing over the last few decades. Now for the bad news: the construction industry is still the most at risk industry for electrical ...
Electrical hazards are one of the most dangerous and often overlooked risks in manufacturing. Many workers assume that factory and production-controlled environments, established protocols, and modern ...