Electrical safety expert Scott Margolin discusses critical elements of OSHA’s first arc flash guidance in nearly 20 years.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandates specific safe work practice guidelines for employers to ensure that employees are safe from electrical hazards. One such hazard is the ...

Is Arc Flash Analysis Required by OSHA? Technically, it is not directly required by OSHA to comply with its regulations, but it is indirectly required to improve electrical safety involving safety ...

Abstract: In the past, industrial electrical systems in the United States have been designed considering prevalent standards, that is, ANSI/IEEE, NEC, OSHA, UL, NESC, and the like, and arc flash ...

OSHA has issued new arc flash guidance for the first time in almost 20 years. It consists of four parts, including a detailed document for employers and three one-page documents for workers.

There are 10 OSHA reportable Arc Flash incidents involving more than one fatality everyday in the USA. Studies indicate that up to 80% of all Electrical Worker injuries are not due to shock (passage ...

Abstract: In the past, industrial electrical systems in the United States have been designed considering prevalent standards, that is, ANSI/IEEE, NEC, OSHA, UL, NESC, and the like, and arc flash ...

Sewon America Inc. has been cited with two willful violations and proposed penalties of $99,000 for failing to provide workers with appropriate hand protection and to protect workers from arc welding ...

Time is critical when working with electrical hazards, and dangerous situations can arise instantly without appropriate equipment. Occupational electrocution and electricity-based injuries ...