Electrical safety - Articles - Page 27

Are arc flash warning signs required by OSHA?

September 3, 2014

A letter to OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs (DEP) regarding the agency's requirements and the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) 70E-2004, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, posed the following question:

How to conduct electrical hazard risk assessments

Dennis Neitzel

September 3, 2014

Safety assessments of electrical equipment and systems should be a planned and scheduled event to help ensure a safe and reliable electrical system.

"It was the worst thing I’ve ever seen in my life"

Video puts a human face on arc flash danger

September 2, 2014

A moving video posted on YouTube by friends of Eddie Adams describes how the Elkin, North Carolina electrician lost his life in an arc flash incident – and how his loss impacted his family, friends and co-workers. Adams died from the explosion of a 2300 volt starter.

OSHA reveals most citations for collision repair industry

August 8, 2014

Respiratory protection violations were at the top of a recently-published list of the five most common citations issued by OSHA to collision repair shops in 2013.

Risky stunts, skydiving and SFX: Movie production safety supervisors

Phil La Duke

August 1, 2014

On February 20 during a camera test for the film, “Midnight Rider,” (a new biopic of Gregg Allman), a freight train slammed into the production crew on a narrow railroad trestle bridge in rural Georgia

Shock and burn: Electrical safety programs and NFPA 70E compliance can prevent injuries

Steve Bowers CSP

August 1, 2014

OSHA authorized the National Fire Protection Association, or NFPA, to develop the 70E standard in 1976 due to the sheer numbers of lives lost due to electrocution and arc flash incidents.

Mass. workers used metal-tipped rods to lift overhead power lines

P. Gioioso & Sons Inc. cited for electrocution hazards

July 31, 2014

OSHA has proposed more than $70,000 in fines for Hyde Park, Mass. contractor that exposed its workers to possible electrocution from working close to energized power lines at a Cambridge work site where required safeguards were not used.

United Airlines cited for exposing workers to electrical, other hazards

Same hazards found in 2011, 2013

July 28, 2014

United Airlines Inc. has exposed ground operation workers at the Newark airport to hazardous conditions, prompting OSHA to issue 16 citations and propose penalties of $101,300. The safety violations were found during a January 2014 inspection that is part of an OSHA effort to focus on workplaces with high rates of injuries and illness.

Improved power line protection: Comply with OSHA's new arc-rated clothing rules

Jen Scherpenseel Emily Woodward

July 9, 2014

On April 11, 2014, OSHA published in the Federal Register the final rule revising 29 CFR 1910.269 and 1926 Subpart V standards governing workplace safety in electric power generation, transmission and distribution work.

How snow shovelers were exposed to fall, fire and electrical hazards

July 8, 2014

An OSHA investigation initiated in response to a complaint that employees of TLD Ace Corp. were exposed to falls while removing snow from the plant's roof found additional hazards at the facility.