| | | | | | In 2023, OSHA wrote citations for an astounding 3,213 violations related to hazard communication systems (HCSs). That number is not as astounding as the 7,271 violations for fall protection in the same year. Fall protection took the No. 1 spot, and HCS took a distant second. What is astounding is that there could be so many violations for this particular... |
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| | | | Informative Annex F is an excellent resource for assessing and controlling safety risk. This annex alone justifies the purchase cost of NFPA 70E, even though it’s just three pages. Arguably, the core of it is Table F.3. If you can grasp the thinking behind — and application of — Table F.3 you can make your safety program extremely effective. |
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| | | | Ellen Parson, editor-in-chief of EC&M, sits down with electrical safety expert Terry Becker, of TW Becker Electrical Safety Consulting, at the PowerTest 24 Conference, held in late February in Dallas and sponsored by the InterNational Electrical Testing Association (NETA). This quick video chat not only highlights key takeaways from his session on ... |
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| | | | The Workplace Safety Academy offers safety managers, technicians, and engineers the latest tools and techniques including: personal protection equipment, fall protection, management strategies, ergonomic tools, codes & standards, emergency response, employee training, and more! |
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| | | Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson and NEC Expert Russ LeBlanc discuss Sec. 680.5 Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter (GFCI) and Special Purpose Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter (SPGFCI) Protection. Russ breaks down everything you need to know about how this section was revised/expanded to include special-purpose GFCIs with subdivisions: (A) general requirements... |
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| | | In Episode 37 of “EC&M Asks,” a video series featuring subject matter experts (SMEs) answering reader-submitted questions regarding popular electrical topics, Terry Becker, P.Eng., CESCP, IEEE Senior Member, answers a popular question he receives: What is compliant arc flash and electric shock therapy? |
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| We're presenting more popular The Everyday Electrician videos by Trevor Ottmann, president of 3/0 Electric! For those of you who may not yet have encountered him, we wanted to present some of Trevor's most-viewed videos from June 2024 across our social media platforms. Watch the embedded Instagram reel or click the links to view it on TikTok or YouTube... |
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| In Episode 38 of “EC&M Asks,” a video series featuring subject matter experts (SMEs) answering reader-submitted questions regarding popular electrical topics, Lanny Floyd, P.E., discusses what type of workers are most at risk of electric shock and arc flash injury — and why this may include more people than you may think. |
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| | | In Episode 49 of “EC&M On Air,” Tommy Northcott addresses some of our readers’ most pressing questions about arc flash hazards, including why calculating the blast radius for debris during an arc flash event can be more complicated than you might think, the difference between arc flash versus arc blast hazards, the consequences for not performing regular... |
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| See the latest Code violations from NEC Consultant Russ LeBlanc. |
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| The rapidly developing industry of renewable power generation can be compared to an hourglass. Inexhaustible supplies of free resources — sun and wind — are converted into a corresponding outflow of electrical energy at a notable return on investment. But the process includes the neck of the hourglass through which the resources must pass. This is ... |
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| In Episode 48 of “EC&M On Air,” a podcast series from EC&M magazine that shares industry intelligence, insights, and opinions on all topics electrical, Ellen Parson, editor-in-chief, sits down with a few top executives whose engineering firms made our Top 40 Electrical Design Firms list in 2024: Kunal Shal of PBS Engineers, Chris Sacco with Core States... |
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