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Klingler Electrical Safety, LLC can provide assistance in electrical safety areas such as:

• PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) selection
• Electrical Safety Program Development
• Electrical Safety Audits
• Electrical Accident Investigation and Expert Witness

 

PPE- Personal Protective Equipment Selection

NFPA 70E requires the employer to provide and the employee to wear appropriate FR clothing and other PPE when within the arc-flash boundary. Selection of FR clothing is based on the level of incident energy the individual will be exposed to in the event of an arc-flash. The level of incident energy is a function of the distance the individual is from the arc-flash (incident energy increases rapidly as the individual moves closer to the arc-flash). Generally 18 inches is assumed to be the distance between a worker’s face/chest and the arc-flash.

It is not uncommon for calculated results at 18 inches to show an arc-flash incident energy of less than 1.2 cal/cm2, resulting in no FR clothing requirement for the face/chest area, only clothing that will not melt such as cotton. However, additional PPE may be required for parts of the body that are closer than the 18 inch basis. It is also not uncommon to find at least one location in facilities where the calculated incident energy at 18 inches exceeds 40 cal/cm2, the highest level that 70E recognizes as being practical to protect (some clothing manufacturers offer clothing with higher ratings).

FR clothing is probably needed for several tasks in your facility, but there are several ratings of FR clothing varying from light-weight to very heavy switching suits, none of which are what one would call inexpensive. So how do you know which of these ratings you need? You don’t want to buy clothing that is too light-weight exposing your employees to a hazardous injury and you don’t want to burden them with wearing too much clothing that may cause heat stress or even compromise their safety by hindering visibility and movement.

If you are looking for assistance in selecting PPE for you and your employees, contact us>>

 

Electrical Safety Program Development

Companies that are serious about electrical safety, develop an “ Electrical Safety Program”.

Electrical Safety Programs are developed to prevent electrical injuries to all personnel in the workplace. The implementation of and adherence to the program creates an electrically safe workplace to ensure all employees, contractors, and visitors are protected from electrical hazards capable of causing injury or death. MORE>>