The video series features personal stories of people impacted by electrical incidents and demonstrates the need for continued education and awareness about electrical hazards in the workplace and at ...

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 ...

Arc flash is defined as an explosive release of energy caused by an electrical arc. Typically, the arc results from either a phase-to-ground or phase-to-phase fault created by many possible events.

The Institute for Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Industry Applications Society, Electrical Safety Committee held its annual electrical safety workshop (ESW) March 6-11, 2016. "Since its ...

Greg A. Quick is a manager in Product Marketing/IE Product Management for Rittal Corp. For systems designers, and facility and maintenance engineers, no responsibility is more critical than that of ...

An arc flash risk assessment project is broken down into the following project phases: Phase 1 ― data collection. Phase 2 ― engineering analysis, which includes at a minimum the arc flash incident ...