While the flame-resistant fabrics in use today are the result of very modern technological advancements, the idea of treating materials to make them safer in the event of fire goes back centuries
As flame-resistant (FR) protection has become commoditized, fabric and garment manufacturers have focused on traditional textile attributes to differentiate their products.
A journeyman lineman with Marshall Municipal Utilities in Missouri was airlifted to a hospital after he suffered an arc flash injury on the job on June 8, according to the Marshall News.
An electric technician at the Republic Steel Corp. steel manufacturing plant in Blasdell, NY, was removing wiring from a fan motor in an overhead crane on October 16, 2014, when an ungrounded electrical conductor touched a grounded surface causing an arc flash. The electric technician sustained third-degree burns on her hand and first-degree burns on her face.
A Noble Foundation building suffered an electrical malfunction in May that caused the evacuation of employees in Ardmore, Oklahoma when the basement filled with smoke.
Two American Refining Group (ARG) employees were injured in January when an electrical arc flash occurred as they were working on electrical equipment at the plant, according to the Bradford Era in Bradford, New York.
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