At a paper mill, a newly minted plant manager with little real world experience freaked out when he saw a machinist calmly standing with coffee cup in hand and watching a machine that wasn’t having ...

Two NFPA consensus standards are used to ensure workplace safety following electrical equipment installation. Many are familiar with the NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace.

Each year, several hundred workers are killed as a result of inadvertent contact with energized conductors. Surprisingly, over half of those killed are not in traditionally electrical fields (i.e., ...

As more and more employers perform arc flash assessments of their facilities to keep workers safe and meet OSHA and NFPA 70E requirements, they usually discover that they have a lot of dangerous ...

Proper engineering on the front end of a project, including acceptance testing and commissioning prior to initially energizing, ensures a smooth start up and reduces the problems that can keep a ...

Safety is a constant state of mind on the job floor and in the workplace, often woven into a company’s culture. Safety begins with design-first thinking. Safety by design is an achievable intervention ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issues regulations and standards, but those cannot possibly address all workplace health and safety conditions. As a result, OSHA does two ...

Many workplace environments have dangers that can cause personal injuries. Still, some industries and careers have a greater risk of being hurt or killed by electrical hazards than others.

Workplace safety relies on more than good policies and proper training. It depends heavily on the condition and reliability of your electrical systems. In comme ...

“Little things mean a lot” has never been so true as when it comes to electrical maintenance. Truck electrical systems have become highly sophisticated, with multiple micro-processors controlling many ...