Within the electrical industry, most workers have become familiar with the term arc flash and the hazard it represents. While training and education have helped in understanding the hazard as well as ...

An arc flash is defined as a hazardous explosion of energy from an electrical circuit, or a type of discharge that results from a low-impedance connection through air to ground or to another voltage ...

It’s a force that can set clothing or skin on fire, send debris flying like shrapnel, melt metals, start fires or send a worker tumbling from a large height. An arc flash can kill or seriously hurt a ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors introduce an additional, final video interview of its Faces of Fire/Electrical series, which features ...

Rising rack densities lead to increased incident energy, elevating the risk of arc flash hazards. Proactively addressing these challenges is critical for protecting personnel, reducing downtime, and ...

Fabio Pires, 31, held a degree in electrical engineering from the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology and worked for Eversource since 2016. Photo courtesy of Utility Workers Union of America ...

Federal safety officials on Thursday cited and fined Eversource for five workplace safety standards violations stemming from a fatal arc flash and arc blast that occurred this summer outside the State ...