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Items Tagged with 'arc flash injuries'

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In a flash: Take steps to protect workers from hazards
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In a flash: Take steps to protect workers from hazards

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Benita Mehta
May 13, 2020

According to OSHA, arc flash burns are one of the top three most common hazards when working with energized electrical equipment. Every day in the U.S. there are up to 10 arc flash incidents, totaling more than 3,600 disabling electrical contact injuries each year.


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Arc flash deaths often occur in confined spaces

A study of electrical injuries and fatalities on the job

Electrical injuries: facts & myths
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Dave Johnson
May 10, 2019

IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, recently produced a paper1 reviewing 100 years of research on shock and arc injuries. Going back, the first recognized hazard to workers was the shock hazard.


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Fast first aid treatment

Fast first aid treatment depends on knowing injury cause, severity

Cooling the burn
Karen Hamel
April 22, 2019

Not long after toddlers take their first tentative steps, they’re likely to be told, “Don’t touch the hot stove.” Either by heeding that warning or sadly through their own experience, they learn that a hot stove may burn them.


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Baby, it’s cold outside: Layering for comfort with FR workwear

Michael Batson
January 27, 2017

For those who work outside or in unprotected environments winter can be the most challenging time of the year when it comes to selecting the FR clothing to be worn to work.


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Arc flash victim survives 80% burns & 17 surgeries

December 8, 2014

A 29-year-old technician at a windmill survived 80% burns caused by a massive electric shock at his workplace in India, in a recovery that took six weeks and 17 surgeries, according to theBangalore Mirror.


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Research underway to improve understanding of the arc flash phenomena

December 2, 2014

Each year, 2,000 workers are admitted to burn centers for extended injury treatment caused by arc flash. Arc flash is an electric current that is passed through the air when insulation or isolation between electrified conductors is not sufficient to withstand the applied voltage. The flash is immediate, but the results can cause severe injury.


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Proposed OSHA penalty of $74,250 levied for 6 violations relating to electrical work

December 1, 2014

A crew was working on upgrading the battery room at a receiving substation. (The room provided emergency power for up to 8 hours.) The electric utility, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, had purchased replacement batteries from RSC in Wilmington, CA.


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ISHN Weekly News Round Up

Weekly news round-up

September 6, 2014

BP faces potentially billions in penalties for Deepwater Horizon explosion, PG&E faces actual billions in penalties for San Bruno pipeline explosion and firefighters helping with an “Ice Bucket Challenge” are serious burned by an arc flash incident. These were among the top EHS-related stories posted this week on ISHN.com.


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OSHA issues willful citations for lack of arc flash protections

OSHA cites Mass. Contractor for violations following arc blast
June 5, 2014

OSHA in 2012 cited Interstate Electrical Services, a North Billerica, Mass.,  electrical contractor, for alleged willful and serious violations following a November 2011 arc flash blast at an Andover jobsite. Two workers installing electrical service were seriously burned when a piece of equipment made contact with an energized part of an electrical panel, resulting in the arc flash.


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Arc flash incident case studies

May 23, 2014

National Fire Protection Association, National Safety Council, and Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicate that 10 arc flash accidents happen every day in the U.S.  More than 3,600 disabling electrical contact injuries happen every year. Last year in Oregon two workers were seriously burned in arc flash incidents:


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