Electrical safety is achieved by taking all of the necessary steps to provide our homes with safe electrical systems and by ensuring that everyone goes home from the job at the end of each day without suffering from shock, arc-flash or arc-blast.
Hazard-based product safety standards are now under development, and is likely soon to affect other product safety standards as well as installation codes.
Before any risk is ever taken, test pilots, race drivers, mountain climbers, and sky divers make meticulous preparation for their personal safety. Electrical inspectors also face risks every day just doing their jobs.
Electrical Inspector Bill McGovern and New Orleans senior inspector Steve Bordelon examine the damage left by Hurricane Katrina.
In the wake of this year’s disastrous hurricane season, here is some guidance to homeowners about water-damaged electrical equipment.
Using proper grounding and bonding techniques, testing and maintaining a good electrical ground and installing protection devices are the best ways to protect people and equipment from electrical shock.