To protect the health and safety of workers along with the public at large, there are three interconnected and crucial components to an effective electrical safety system...
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.