OSHA has issued new arc flash guidance for the first time in almost 20 years. It consists of four parts, including a detailed document for employers and three one-page documents for workers. The new ...

Each year, several hundred workers are killed as a result of inadvertent contact with energized conductors. Surprisingly, over half of those killed are not in traditionally electrical fields (i.e., ...

I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of occupational fatalities resulting from exposure to electricity has ...

Citrus County Fire Rescue is stressing the importance of fire safety after a mobile home fire was declared a total loss ...

An electrical arc flash can occur when someone is verifying the presence of voltage, checking the balance of current, operating a switch, inspecting an energized cable or bus connections during ...

WALNUT CREEK — A problem with an insulator on the electric third rail sparked the blaze that shut down the Walnut Creek BART station and caused major delays Saturday afternoon, transit officials said.

Q We recently installed a new steam pressure reducing station in an existing 6-m. 150-lb steam line. After reinsulation of the pipe with foil-jacketed, 2-in.-thick fiber glass, electrical arcing ...

Investigators determined that the fire was "accidental in nature," caused by electrical arcing from a wall outlet after a ...

What to do with an extremely high voltage transformer and power supply… what to do… what to do… Short it out Jacob’s Ladder style of course! Fresh from ...

WALNUT CREEK — A problem with an insulator on the electric third rail sparked the blaze that shut down the Walnut Creek BART station and caused major delays Saturday afternoon, transit officials said.

A Floral City mobile home was destroyed after a fire broke out on Friday afternoon, according to Citrus County Fire Rescue.