4/11/2011 Prior to 1982, it was assumed that electric shock was the major risk associated with live electrical work. However, it was during this year that Dr. Ralph Lee first identified arc flash, in a paper titled “The Other Electrical Hazard: Electric Arc Blast Burns.” According to this paper, as Read more…
1/17/2011 While I have heard the story about how the inventor of the ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI), Charles Dalzial, placed his daughter in a bathtub and threw a toaster that was plugged into a household power supply, into the water while potential investors looked on, just to prove his Read more…
10/31/2016 An electrical safety program covers a wide range of topics. Notable subjects that fall within electrical safety include overhead power lines, battery charging stations, wiring design and installations, lockout/tagout procedures, as well as personal protective equipment. Something that has recently been recognized as its own stand-alone area-of discipline has Read more…
1/25/2016 Back in November, 2011, OSHA published a new standard on cranes and derricks: 29 CFR 1926, Subpart CC. The most notable revision of the past requirements was the change of the 10-foot rule. This distance has been the benchmark to use whenever overhead powerlines were encountered and the voltage Read more…