Electrical safety - Articles - Page 10

Training trips up many employers

Frequently-cited rules often have training components

June 1, 2015

Training is an essential component of many of the standards set by OSHA that are most frequently violated year after year.

Shocking senseless deaths

Lessons learned from arc flash & electrical incidents

Maureen Brady

June 1, 2015

Deaths due to on-the-job electrical incidents have consistently decreased in the past decade.

Electrical Safety: A shockingly common hazard

Preventable tragedies show need for electrical safety

Maureen Paraventi

May 27, 2015

Violations related to electrical hazards led to 2,192 citations (from 1,681 OSHA inspections) and a total of $2,817,950 in penalties in 2014, making 1910.303 the eighth most frequently cited standard, according to the agency.

Arc flash and electrical hazards can end lives in an instant

Maureen Brady

May 18, 2015

Electricity has long been recognized as a serious workplace hazard, exposing employees to electric shock, electrocution, burns, fires and explosions.

Worker not wearing PPE burned by arc flash

Company fined by OSHA

May 5, 2015

A Republic Steel Corp. employee sustained third degree burns on her hand and first degree burns on her face from an arc flash that occurred at the company’s steel manufacturing plant in Blasdell, New York.

ESFI kicks off National Electrical Safety Month

Publication reveals how America’s “aging house stock” poses hazards

May 1, 2015

May is National Electrical Safety Month and the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is kicking off its annual effort to raise awareness of potential home electrical hazards and the importance of electrical safety.

Electrical Safety: A shockingly common hazard

Preventable tragedies show need for electrical safety

Maureen Paraventi

May 1, 2015

Violations related to electrical hazards led to 2,192 citations (from 1,681 OSHA inspections) and a total of $2,817,950 in penalties in 2014, making 1910.303 the eighth most frequently cited standard, according to the agency.

How OSHA will enforce NFPA 70E 2015

Barrett Pryce

May 1, 2015

If you’re not familiar with electrical safety, it may be difficult to understand the significance of NFPA 70E, which is understandable because it does require a bit of explanation.

OSHA publishes new electrical safety requirements

Power generation, transmission and distribution organizations must soon make major changes to maintain electrical safety compliance

April 30, 2015

Safety requirements are getting stricter due to updates to the Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution (1910.269) and Electrical Protective Equipment (1926 subpart V) standards from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Safest electrical contractors recognized

April 14, 2015

The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) has announced the winners of its 2015 NECA Safety Award Program, which recognizes companies that excel in multiple areas of their safety and health programs.