| | | | | | The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Region 6 Administrator Eric Harbin presented OSHA’s Top 10 most frequently cited safety standards for 2023. Announced during the 2023 National Safety Council (NSC) Safety Congress & Expo, which took place from Oct. 20-26, 2023, the list remains relatively unchanged compared to past years... |
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| | Sponsored | | MENNEKES SPEC Grade Series of NEMA 4X Stainless Steel Disconnects now includes a 200A and 400A model. Units feature a sloped roof to facilitate runoff and have a compact mounting footprint for use in several plant areas. Switches are UL 98 Listed with a rugged pistol grip LO/TO compliant handle and are provided standard with early break auxiliary contacts. |
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| | | | Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson sits down with electrical safety expert Lanny Floyd, P.E., at the PowerTest 24 Conference in Dallas, sponsored by the InterNational Electrical Testing Association (NETA), to talk about why complying with electrical safety standards and regulations is not always enough — a reality that makes it much more complicated to establish... |
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| | | | 29CFR 1926 Subpart M provides the requirements for fall protection. Subpart 1926.502 is the meat of Subpart M. It runs for several pages and covers 11 topics. Now we’ll give three more of them a closer look: (d) Personal fall arrest systems; (e) Positioning device systems; and (f) Warning line systems. |
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| | | | In the construction industry, many insurance providers and general contractors look at a company’s overall safety performance when evaluating a company. One general indicator of safety performance is something called the experience modification rating (EMR). Here is how to get your company back on track if your company EMR is heading in the wrong direction... |
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| | | | The main body of NFPA 70E consists of three chapters spanning 48 pages. There are six pages between the front cover and the start of Chapter 1. Following the end of Chapter 3, NFPA has 50 pages of annexes. With more than half of the text in NFPA 70E devoted to these annexes, we can surmise the writers of this standard believe that material to be helpful... |
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| | | In Episode 33 of “EC&M Asks,” our subject matter expert Tommy Northcott, P.E., a senior power engineer and branch manager for Jacobs Technology, Inc., answers a popular question he gets: When is electrical personal protective equipment (PPE) needed? He addresses how to use NFPA 70E requirements to develop a formalized thought process that will lead... |
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| | | Fill in the blank. A receptacle is considered to be in a location protected from the weather when located under roofed open porches, canopies, marquees, and the like, where it will not be subjected to _____. |
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| | | Your safety system is only as good as the procedures, training, attitudes, and decisions that comprise it. As with any system, a defect can lead to a malfunction — and a malfunction may produce an adverse safety event, something we call an accident even though it’s nearly always the result of deliberate actions and/or inactions. If you can detect and... |
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| | | I am often reminded of the importance of the definitions in Art. 100 when it comes to correctly applying and understanding Code rules. Here is yet another case in point. |
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| | | Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson and NEC Expert Russ LeBlanc discuss some of the most significant changes to the 2023 edition of the National Electrical Code. This episode looks at the Sec. 440.11 revision that relates to disconnects in dwelling units to prevent unqualified persons from contacting energized electrical equipment. Russ also shares some behind... |
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| | | Fill in the blank. Article 410 covers luminaires, portable luminaires, lampholders, pendants, incandescent filament lamps, arc lamps, electric-discharge lamps, and _____, and the wiring and equipment forming part of such products and lighting installations. |
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| | | Take this quiz about ESS requirements and enter for a chance to win a $25 gift card to Amazon! |
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