WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF HAVING AN ARC FLASH EVALUATION?

An arc flash causes serious injury or death if a person is not properly protected while working in or around live electrical equipment. There are strict regulations that comply with OSHA, NEC 110.16, NFPA 70E, and IEEE 1584 standards. OSHA is enforcing these regulations to the fullest in order to prevent injury or death in the work place. It is in the best interest of every company to reduce liability and ensure a safer working environment for their employees by properly identifying potential electrical hazards and knowing when and where the proper personal protective equipment (PPE) should be worn. The amount of money an incident can cost a company is increasing as we speak when you add up fines, increased insurance costs, and even possible litigation costs.

WHAT ARE THE OSHA, NFPA 70E, AND NEC 110.16 REGULATIONS?

OSHA is enforcing the following regulations and fining anyone in violation of these standards. NEC 110.16 Flash Protection. Switchboards, panel boards, industrial control panels, and motor control centers that are in other than dwelling occupancies and are likely to require examination, adjustment, servicing, or maintenance while energized shall be field marked to warn qualified persons of potential electric arc flash hazards. The marking shall be located so as to be clearly visible to qualified persons before examination, adjustment, servicing, or maintenance of the equipment.

WHAT CAN SCHWISTER ELECTRIC LLC PROVIDE FOR YOU?

SCHWISTER ELECTRIC LLC can do a full system analysis of your electrical system, provide labeling of every switchboard, panel board, industrial control panel, motor control center, and any other important component in your electrical system, and a complete on-line diagram containing the necessary information regarding any potential hazard. The labels provided and installed will contain all the hazards available and the necessary personal protective equipment which is to be worn in the event a qualified person will be entering or working on live electrical equipment. See attached for an example of a label.