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Electrical safety experts answer your questions
Our panel of industry experts answers your arc flash hazard questions about NFPA 70E, PPE and much more.
Post Date: 05/20/2013
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Make indoor air quality part of your plant's health and safety program
Mike Bacidore says indoor air quality is important, even if you can't see it.
Post Date: 04/19/2013
Author: Mike Bacidore, chief editor

West Fertilizer Plant explosion leaves community devastated
Death toll mounts, but suspects remain at large.
Post Date: 04/19/2013
Author: Mike Bacidore, chief editor

Build a strong safety culture or pay the price
Learn how Kimberly-Clark transformed safety into an all-employee responsibility.
Post Date: 04/10/2013
Author: Mike Tuck, Kimberly-Clark Professional

1 million man-hours of safety and counting
How one Indiana foundry keeps surpassing safety marks.
Post Date: 03/15/2013
Author: Mike Bacidore, chief editor

The history of electrical safety
Worker protection against arc flash incidents has a personal history all its own.
Post Date: 01/29/2013
Author: Mark Franks, Avo Training Institute

How well do you understand NFPA 70E?
Follow these steps to reduce electrical accidents and better protect workers.
Post Date: 01/28/2013
Author: Reza Tajali, Schneider Electric

Safety is everyone's job
Mike Bacidore says responsible plants share the responsibility for safety.
Post Date: 01/08/2013
Author: Mike Bacidore, chief editor

A safe plant is a happy plant
Forklift operator training is a good start on the path to productivity and profitability.
Post Date: 10/23/2012
Author: Mike Bacidore, chief editor

Take the first step on the path to electrical safety and reliability
Improve your maintenance program to increase arc flash safety.
Post Date: 09/11/2012
Author: Joseph Weigel, Electrical Safety Works

Is your plant as safe as it could be?
In the wake of several plant explosions, Mike Bacidore says give employee safety the attention it deserves.
Post Date: 06/11/2012
Author: Mike Bacidore, chief editor

Got questions about arc flash? We've got answers.
Our panel of industry experts answer your questions about arc flash mitigation.
Post Date: 04/18/2012
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Find voltage before it finds you
Featuring Phil Allen from Grace Engineered Products, this educational video explores electrically safe work conditions based upon NFPA 70E and OSHA, and how permanent electrical safety devices can create safer lock out/tag out.
Post Date: 04/04/2012
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Proactive maintenance reduces the risk of safety incidents
Condition monitoring can be used to enable predictive maintenance strategies.
Post Date: 11/30/2011
Author: Brian Anulies, GE Energy Industrial Solutions

Electrical enclosure vents
Ventilation openings help maintain component temperatures and prevent catastrophic failures.
Post Date: 11/17/2011
Author: By Rodney West, P.E., and Alan Manche, P.E., Schneider Electric

Understand NFPA 70E
A guide to compliance with the electrical workplace safety standards in the United States.
Post Date: 11/04/2011
Author: Steven Maling, Schneider Electric

Compare arc flash events at different incident energy levels
People in the business of working with electrical systems have experience working with typical system parameters. System voltage, current capacity, interrupt ratings and the like are common. If someone says they are working on a 480V 65kAIC system, most people have a frame of reference to understand exactly what ...
Post Date: 10/07/2011
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ZSI can enable selective tripping
Zone-selective interlocking can put instantaneous pickup within the arc flash range.
Post Date: 10/06/2011
Author: Darrin Bock and Bhavika Shah, GE Energy Services

Electrical enlightenment
Don't be in the dark about power distribution safety and maintenance.
Post Date: 09/09/2011
Author: Russ Kratowicz, P.E., CMRP, Executive Editor

Unauthorized modifications to material handling equipment can be trouble
In this edition of In the Trenches, Acme learns that unsafe production processes prove expensive.
Post Date: 07/20/2011
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