Arc Flash/Arc Blast Review with Safety Suggestions for Design & Maintenance

All About Eye Protection David Roll & Ken Duffie & H.L. Bouton, Plant Safety & Maintenance On the job accidents and injuries are most often a result of negligence and unsafe working conditions. In an effort to protect workers, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), created standards 1910.132 and 1910.133, to address requirements for providing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)...

CSA Launches First Confined-Spaces Standard in Canada pem-mag.com CSA Standards has recently released its new CSA Z1006 Management of Work in Confined Spaces standard, which specifies requirements and guidelines for work in confined spaces as well as coordinating rescues — an issue that affects maintenance professionals working around tight spaces, including tunnels, shipping compartments, pump stations, boilers and chemical tanks. Workers...

Do You Need 70E? By John C. Klingler, P.E., Lewellyn Technology, Inc. Questions and answers about this set of guidelines for workplace electrical safety. One of the hot topics in electrical and mechanical training classes is the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70E. Students question what 70E is and how it relates to the National Electrical Code (NEC), if 70E...

Electrical Safety Cooper Bussmann, Bussmann 3 Basic Electrical Hazards Following these safety principles can provide a safer work environment. There are three basic electrical hazards that cause injury and death: shock, arc-flash, and arc-blast. Shock currents can pass through the human body's nervous or vascular systems, and across the surface of the body. The current required to light a 71/2 W,...

Eye Injuries are a Serious Threat to American Workers Plant Safety and Maintenance In 2001, close to 100,000 people were treated in U.S. Hospital emergency rooms for eye injuries related to the workplace, yet this figure actually only represents a small portion of the total number of injuries. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, each day, as many...

Fluid Power Safety Alert fluidpowersafety.com Topic Unsafe service, repair, and troubleshooting recommendations are running rampant throughout the fluid power industry - and there is no end in sight! Introduction In this advisory, we are going to demonstrate how hazardous, documented, service, repair, and troubleshooting recommendations have proliferated the fluid power industry, leaving unsuspecting persons vulnerable to possible injury or death....