ITU’S Arc Flash Awareness Electrical Safety Newsletters: Volume 2

Issue #1   The Use of GFCI’s is now required by OSHA and NFPA 70E – What are GFCI’s or RCD’s and why are they now required by OSHA and NFPA? Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCI’s) or Residual-Current Devices (RCD’s) are devices that stop the flow of electrical current to an electrical device within a few milliseconds of when current begins to flow where it should not. Click here to read more

Issue #2   New codes mean BIG changes to Arc Flash Warning Labels – Details of the three new additions: available fault current, the date the arc fault calculation was performed, and label durability specifications. Click here to read more

Issue #3   Are You Playing Possum? – Many facility managers may not know about or will often play possum (feign ignorance) when it comes to applying OSHA’s required Energized Electrical Work Permit (EEWP) when having work performed on live equipment. Click here to read more

Issue  #4  OSHA’s Top Ten Violations for 2011 – The list reveals some shocking numbers. It gives the category and the number of OSHA fines sited under that category in 2011. Three of the categories are electrical related totaling over… Click here to read more

Issue #5  2012 NFPA 70E Electrical Safety Training – ITU has updated its NFPA 70 Electrical Safety Training class to comply with the 2012 NFPA 7OE Standard for electrical safety in the workplace. To find out what changes have been added and to see if you and your staff are in compliance CLICK HERE