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Electrical construction is dangerous work. Electrical contractors and workers must always adhere to safety best practices. Just what are those practices? The following articles, listed chronologically by date, document safety measures and practices that help ensure everyone gets home safely at the end of the work day. 

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Help Them Help Themselves

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Diane Kelly
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April 2013

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Personal Protective Equipment Standard (Subpart I) includes all clothing and other workplace accessories designed to be a barrier against the potential hazards that personnel can encounter at the workplace.

Safety, Training, PPE
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Behind The Wheel
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Frank Bisbee
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April 2013

The integrated systems contractor, collectively, is one of the most mobile workforces in the United States. Plus, these contractors are connected to an active network of business and personal communications through cellular or smartphone wireless devices.

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Keeping Track

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Diane Kelly

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March 2013

While Injury and illness records need only be posted in the workplace from Feb. 1 until April 30, the recordkeeping is ongoing. Not only must injuries and illnesses be logged again this year and compiled in 2014, other safety and health events and activities must be recorded and maintained.

Safety, Recordkeeping, Your Business
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Arc Flash Studies

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Jim Phillips

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March 2013

After having consultants crawl all over the place, asking questions and gathering mounds of data, the arc flash study for your facility is finally done.

Arc Flash

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2012 OSHA Expectations
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Joe O'Connor
| February 2012
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Outcome Goal 2.1 of the Department of Labor’s Strategic Plan for 2010–2016 is to “Secure safe and healthy workplaces, particularly in high-risk industries.” To accomplish this, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has developed strategies to target industries where employees are

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Four Critical Minutes
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Diane Kelly
| February 2012
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Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) causes 13 percent of workplace fatalities, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA receives about 400 reports of workplace deaths from cardiac arrest annually.

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Lightning Strikes Twice: Proper Grounding Prevents Outages
February 2012
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Lightning storms occur 130 days per year on average in Florida’s “Lightning Alley,” making it one of the most dangerous areas in the United States with respect to weather-related incidents.

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Every Breath You Take
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Diane Kelly
| January 2012
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The World Health Organization states that 2.4 million people die annually from various types of lung conditions that can be attributed, at least in part, to air quality. That is more than 500,000 deaths in the United States each year.

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UL Warns of Unauthorized UL Mark on Insulated Wire
January 2012
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Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) issued a notice to authorities having jurisdiction, consumers, electrical contractors and retailers regarding a product that is not authorized to bear the UL mark.

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Turn Around, Don’t Drown
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Diane Kelly
| December 2011
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Few will deny that the weather in recent years seemingly has gotten wilder; hurricanes, tornadoes and blizzards make big news. These weather systems, often churned up by cyclical atmospheric events, such as El Niño and La Niña, have sometimes ventured into abnormal territory.

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The Trend
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Jim Phillips
| November 2011
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It seems like more companies are performing arc flash hazard calculation studies (AFHCS) than ever before. One of the biggest attractions is that the study results provide just about everything you need to comply with many NFPA 70E requirements.

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