To help you establish a safer, more compliant electrical safety program, Brady’s electrical engineers target and evaluate key areas covered under the 2015 NFPA 70E Standard. Take a look at the following questions to determine your progress and tasks needed to help mitigate electrical risks and continuously improve your current state.
Establish a safer, more compliant electrical safety program.
HAVE YOU HAD AN ARC FLASH RISK ASSESSMENT?
YES — Under NFPA 70E, Arc Flash Risk Assessments must be:
- Reviewed periodically at minimum every 5 years
- Updated when a major modification or renovation takes place
NO — NFPA 70E Requires that an Arc Flash Risk Assessment be performed and shall:
- Determine if an arc flash hazard exists. If it does exist, the risk assessment will determine appropriate safe-related work practices, arc flash boundary and PPE to be used within the arc flash boundary.
- The results of the risk assessment must also be documented.
HAVE YOUR EMPLOYEES RECEIVED ARC FLASH TRAINING WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS?
YES — NFPA 70E 110.6(E) requires that all training must be documented and employees must show proficiency. NFPA 70E 110.2(D) requires employees to be given additional electrical safety-related work practices every three years. Employees must be retrained before performing any tasks that are performed less often than once per year. And Article 100.6 (D)(3) requires that an employee must be retrained or receive additional training:
- If the supervisor observes, or annual inspections reveal, that the employee is not following the rules and regulations.
- If new technology, new types of equipment or changes in procedures necessitate the use of safety-related work practices that are different from those the employee would normally use.
- If the employee must use safety-related work practices that are not normally used during his or her regular job duties.
NO — NFPA 70E 110.2(D) requires employees to be given additional electrical safety-related work practices every three years. Employees must be retrained before performing any tasks that are performed less often than once per year. And Article 100.6 (D)(3) requires that an employee must be retrained or receive additional training:
- If the supervisor observes, or annual inspections reveal, that the employee is not following the rules and regulations.
- If new technology, new types of equipment or changes in procedures necessitate the use of safety-related work practices that are different from those the employee would normally use.
- If the employee must use safety-related work practices that are not normally used during his or her regular job duties.
Nice work completing the initial checkup. Grab your current arc flash label and check out the comprehensive label guide on the back to help you comply with 2015 NFPA 70E.
When looking at your best practice label you should see:
- Incident energy and corresponding working distance
- Arc flash and shock hazard boundaries
- Device name
- Level of PPE
- Nominal system voltage
Anything above 50V that could be worked
on while energized, resulting in exposure to
electrical hazards, requires an arc flash label.
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