Occupation Safety and Health Organization (OSHA) encourages all organizations, including small businesses, to promote safe and healthy working environments for employees. The Safety and Health ...

NFPA 70E, known as the “Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace,” plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety of workers handling electrical systems. While still a voluntary standard issued by ...

OSHA is seeking comments on proposed revisions to its electrical installation standard that the agency hopes will lead to a more flexible and efficient standard that strengthens worker protections.

Protecting workers from electrical injury has been the essential mission of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, 5 since the mid-1970s, when it was first developed at the request ...

Using electrical equipment on the job is always hazardous. According to a report prepared by the Fire Protection Research Foundation, there were 1,962 electrical-related workplace deaths during the 10 ...

The United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) is charged with protecting the safety of all workers in America. OSHA sets guidelines that employers must ...

An electrical safety material safety data sheet or "ES MSDS" is a communication tool that can characterize electrical hazards using a familiar format often seen in training for chemical safety. For ...

May is National Electrical Safety Month, and the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is launching its annual effort to help reduce electrically related fatalities, injuries, and property ...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), thousands of office employees and administrative employees are injured every year nationally. Although the most frequent types of incidents are falls ...

This safety procedure provides guidelines for safely working around electrical hazards. It includes provisions for training, lockout requirements, and specific types of work practices and the required ...

APOLLO BEACH -- Tampa Electric ignored its own rules when performing a dangerous maintenance job at the Big Bend Power Station in June that left five workers dead, the federal Occupational Safety and ...

The virus crisis adds a heavy burden to the already overwhelming list of field hazards linemen encounter daily. Since linemen are essential workers, they cannot stop working and stay home during the ...