Nothing causes more confusion and stirs more debate than understanding regulatory compliance with regard to electrical hazards. What does OSHA require? Is arc flash personal protective equipment (PPE) required by law? Should you follow the NFPA standard 70E, or is something additional required?
Recent reports are eye-opening for businesses that fail to consider arc flash hazards. The average medical costs incurred by an arc flash victim are a staggering $1.5 million, with the average cost of litigation running from $10-$15 million. Not only could these hazards cost your company, but your employee may be out of work for 6-8 months while he or she recovers. Even worse, arc flash injuries can cause career-ending injuries or even death. Every year, more than 2,000 people are treated in burn centers with severe arc flash injuries.
Order this in-depth webinar recording specifically designed to help you decipher the NFPA standard 70E and learn how to protect your employees from arc flash hazards. Bring your managers along as we explain what you need to do to be in compliance.
You and your colleagues will learn:
- How to separate compliance fact from fiction in this area
- What both OSHA and NFPA require
- How to assess your arc flash and shock hazard levels
- The 5Ws of arc flash and the Big Three electrical hazard injuries
- Why lockout-tagout procedures are an essential first line of defense
- How to identify the level of arc flash hazard and apply the NFPA 70E standard
- How the NFPA 70E tables can help you source the right PPE and insulated tools for the job
- How to evaluate your electrical safety procedures and make any necessary changes
This webinar was recorded on Tuesday, November 3, 2009
About Your Speaker:
John R. Skal, BSME, is the co-founder of Falcon Engineering Consultants, specialists in providing engineered Arc Flash Hazard Analysis (AFHA) solutions for NFPA-70E compliance. He possesses more than 25 years’ engineering, operations, and maintenance experience, including being an integral part of the management team responsible for the 1st Steel Company becoming OSHA “VPP” certified in the United States.
Skal studied mechanical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh and has been actively engaged in Arc Flash Hazard Analysis studies and engineered solutions since 2002. His company has been conducting AFHA since the first commercial Arc Flash study in the United States. He speaks at national conferences and trade organizations, educating safety managers, risk management personnel, facility maintenance staff, and qualified electrical workers on safeguarding employees and mitigating company liability and risk with regards to an Arc Flash incident. Skal has presented at many conferences, including ISA (Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society), ABA (American Bakers Association) Safety Conference, and the PASSHE (Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education). Skal is a member of NFPA and AIST (Association for Iron and Steel Technology).
As an owner of Falcon Engineering Consultants, Skal provides professionally engineered AFHA solutions to universities, food and beverage companies, the steel/metals industry, and chemical and pharmaceutical companies. Falcon Engineering Consultants provides site-specific training - educating both affected employees and supervisors in the proper procedures and protection of personnel in the event of an Arc Flash incident - and has customized labeling to ensure the proper use of PPE.
This webinar qualifies for Continuance of Certification (COC) credit. CSPs will earn 0.05 COC points for attending this webinar.
