In a general context, a “qualified person” has a very broad definition. Outside of the codes and standards world, qualified means having the qualities, accomplishments, etc. that fit a person for a specific function, office...
Thousands of annual job-related injuries and hundreds of fatalities can be attributed to electrical hazards. Although the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has regulations in place to prevent these types of...
One of the many new additions to the 2018 edition of NFPA 70E is the term “priority,” which states, “105.4, Priority: Hazard elimination shall be the first priority in the implementation of safety-related work practices.”...
In our May 2017 issue, Jim Phillips laid out the significant changes to NFPA 70E for the 2018 edition. Now, he's back with a video walkthrough of the significant changes. Watch below to learn about the major changes to the...
“Let go” current is the magnitude of current that causes muscles to involuntarily contract—i.e., your fingers will close and lock onto the conductor. If nothing breaks the current path, such as the tripping of a ground-fault...
Safety programs are living documents. The release of the 2018 edition of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, offers an excellent prompt for a review of a company’s electrical safety program by employers...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has standards addressing electrical hazards, yet hundreds of fatalities and thousands of injuries still occur as a result of electric shock, electrocution, arc flash...
Deja vu? Déjà vu is that feeling you get when you think you have seen or done something before. NFPA 70E is giving us all déjà vu since it was just three short years ago, in 2011, that we were analyzing changes for the...
