Arc Flash Safety Articles
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Five safety innovations for electrical hazard protection
Electrical workers are exposed to potentially dangerous situations and environments every day. One of the most dangerous threats is an arc flash - an electrical hazard that can raise temperatures up to 35,000 degrees F and cause harm to people and equipment. The National Electrical Code (NEC) was established in 1897 to help protect workers from electrical hazards such as an arc flash. And today, ...
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Danger: Are Your Electrical Single-Line Diagrams Out-of-Date or Missing?
Relax and let Schneider Electric experts manage and modernize your electrical SLDs for you The electrical distribution network is the “lifeblood” of an operating factory, industrial site, mission-critical facility, hospital, or any commercial building dependent on power to serve its business needs. Safe, effective operation and maintenance (O&M) of the power system is an ...
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Thermal monitoring: a safer, more effective way to identify electrical fire risks
We all know how potentially devastating electrical fires can be in any building. Not only is human life put at risk, but also the resulting property damage and business disruption can be extremely costly. Take, for example, the fire caused by a switchgear failure at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Airport in 2017, which caused US$50 million in losses and 1,400 canceled flights for Delta ...
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Clearing the Air for Weld Shop Productivity - Engineered Industrial Air Filtration - Case Study
Situation A North American weld shop needed a cost-effective way to isolate their robotic welding machine and contain the large clouds of indoor weld smoke that placed both employees and plant productivity at risk. PPE reduced respiratory threats, but did nothing to improve work area visibility. In addition to covering their OSHA and EPA bases, the company needed a clean air solution to: ...
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Curtailing Construction’s Fatal Four – Eliminating Injuries from Electricity
The “Fatal Four” of construction are falls, electrocutions, workers being caught in or between objects, and worker being struck by objects. In the United States, these hazards consistently account for over 50% of construction worker deaths annually. This translates into the deaths of over 899 workers on a yearly basis. In our four part blog post series, we will examine each hazard and ...
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Industry Experts Address Solutions for Major Safety and Environmental Hazards and Risks Prevalent in Fossil-Fuel Power Plants
The upcoming marcus evans HSE Excellence for Fossil Generation Conference — set to take place August 6–8, 2013, in Dallas, Texas — will address critical challenges and lessons learned in the industry to drive solution-based topics, including worksite safety management, confined space, safety training, fall protection, EPA regulations, combustible dust, electrical arc flash, ...
By Marcus Evans
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A step closer toward maintenance-free gear
Abstract—A difficult-to-predict electrical failure is the continuity failure. Pressure junctions are common problem sources for continuity failures. Available tools to search for pressure-junction problems include low-resistance testing, temperature monitoring using physical contact between sensor and heated part, pyrometer temperature monitoring, infrared photography, and visual ...
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OH&S salutes 2010 product of the year award winners
Editor Jerry Laws and other staff members from Occupational Health & Safety presented trophies and gold ribbons Tuesday to representatives of the 16 companies that won the magazine's 2010 New Product of the Year Awards. This second annual contest attracted a new high of 42 products in 17 award categories, with an independent panel of three highly qualified judges choosing the winners. "Our ...
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