Farming may be the backbone of our food system, but it’s also one of the most dangerous occupations. According to a Penn State study, 60,000 people were treated in emergency rooms for non-fatal, ...
NFPA 70E isn’t law, but OSHA uses it to identify and cite electrical safety violations under the General Duty Clause. Ignoring NFPA 70E can lead to severe OSHA fines and tragic incidents, including ...
Photo courtesy of the National Fire Protection Association. Electricity helps simplify our lives, but it also poses serious risks, including shock and fire-related hazards. The National Fire ...
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 ...
WESTFIELD — The Western Mass Public Utilities Co-op hosted Rodney Walker, an arc flash survivor on March 13 at the Westfield Gas & Electric/Whip City Fiber Operations Center. Linemen and other field ...
Artificial intelligence topped the list of healthcare technology hazards for 2025, as ranked by the device evaluation team at the Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI). Each year, the healthcare ...
Flammable insulating fluids and electrical faults pose significant fire and explosion risks to transformers. These hazards can result in catastrophic damage, disrupt business continuity, and cause ...
Today, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released updated personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance to provide Americans working on energized ...
The idea that job retention is related to how safe an employee feels at work isn’t new, but it it’s coming up more often in general surveys. Case in point is a recent survey from Vector Solutions, The ...
Mike Zapata and Ed Stadelman of Siemens Smart Infrastructure outline the NFPA 70B standard and how proactive compliance can benefit your data center. Data centers are the backbone of today’s digital ...
A Camp Hill, Ala.-based electrical contractor could have prevented a 22-year-old electrician from incurring life-threatening arc flash burns by following safety procedures they knew were standard in ...