New study explores the effectiveness of arc-rated clothing and equipment in real arc flash incidents
At the 2009 IEEE Electrical Safety Workshop held in St. Louis in February, we presented the results from our new study, Field Analysis of Arc Flash Incidents and the Related PPE Protective Performance. In this survey, we reported on 22 industry incidents in which workers wearing arc-rated clothing and equipment were involved in an arc flash. Over the past decade, there has been limited anecdotal evidence
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