The most significant safety issue in the electrical industry is the threat of electrical workers being injured or killed by arcs and blasts. The principal hazards associated with such arcs and blasts ...

It's easy to complain, “We did everything right!” after a catastrophe – particularly when an explosive arc blast destroys the evidence. But when John Kay, senior specialist, medium voltage ...

An arc flash is one of the most serious electrical hazards that can occur in a workplace. The immense energy released – heat up to 35,000 degrees Fahrenheit 1 – is an alarming danger to people close ...

An arc flash is defined as a hazardous explosion of energy from an electrical circuit, or a type of discharge that results from a low-impedance connection through air to ground or to another voltage ...

Assumptions and complacency are two of safety’s worst enemies. If the following story hits uncomfortably close to home for you, it will have served its purpose. In January 1993, two employees were ...

Chris Crosby is passionate about this industry. His company Compass Data Centers will write a check for $100,000 to any client that doesn’t get a fully operational data center within six months. So ...

It’s a force that can set clothing or skin on fire, send debris flying like shrapnel, melt metals, start fires or send a worker tumbling from a large height. An arc flash can kill or seriously hurt a ...

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When a manufacturer of plastic bag and packaging materials set out to expand its operation, it leased additional space in a large industrial building that already housed its offices and production ...

Chris Crosby is passionate about this industry. His company Compass Data Centers will write a check for $100,000 to any client that doesn’t get a fully operational data center within six months. So ...