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[...]... / 12.1 Electrical Safety Program Structure / 12.1 Electrical Safety Program Development / 12.2 The Company Electrical Safety Team / 12.2 Company Safety Policy / 12.4 Assessing the Need / 12.4 Problems and Solutions / 12.4 Program Implementation / 12.5 Examples / 12.5 Company Safety Procedures / 12.7 Results Assessment / 12.7 Employee Electrical Safety Teams / 12.8 Reason / 12.8 Method / 12.8 Safety. .. Materials (ASTM) / 6.4 American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) / 6.5 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) / 6.6 Other Electrical Safety Organizations / 6.12 The National Electrical Safety Code (NESC)—ANSI C-2 / 6.12 General Description / 6.12 Industries and Facilities Covered / 6.13 Technical /Safety Items Covered / 6.13 The National Electrical Code (NEC)—ANSI/NFPA 70 / 6.14 General... the world are starting to gear up to provide enhanced safety programs for their personnel and work in teams to achieve that goal The Electrical Safety Handbook has continued to receive remarkably broad acceptance in the electrical safety world, perhaps because it is the only independent reference source for all of the various aspects of electrical safety With this in mind, we have expanded virtually... Ferroresonance / 4.25 Summary / 4.27 Chapter 5 Electrical Maintenance and Its Relationship to Safety Introduction / 5.1 The Safety- Related Case for Electrical Maintenance / 5.1 Overview / 5.1 Regulatory / 5.2 Relationship of Improperly Maintained Electrical Equipment to the Hazards of Electricity / 5.2 Hazards Associated with Electrical Maintenance / 5.3 The Economic Case for Electrical Maintenance / 5.3 Reliability... Devices / 9.18 Safety Procedures / 9.20 General / 9.20 Approach Distances / 9.20 Voltage Measurement / 9.20 Locking and Tagging / 9.21 Closing Protective Devices After Operation / 9.21 Electrical Safety Around Electronic Circuits / 9.21 The Nature of the Hazard / 9.21 Special Safety Precautions / 9.22 Stationary Battery Safety / 9.23 Introduction / 9.23 Basic Battery Construction / 9.24 Safety Hazards... Facilities Covered / 6.15 Technical and Safety Items Included / 6.15 Electrical Equipment Maintenance—ANSI/NFPA 70B / 6.15 General Description / 6.15 Industries and Facilities Covered / 6.16 Technical and Safety Items Covered / 6.16 Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace—ANSI/NFPA 70E / 6.16 General Description / 6.16 Industries and Facilities Covered / 6.17 Technical Safety Items Covered / 6.18 The... Accident Analysis / 7.40 7.1 CONTENTS Chapter 8 Medical Aspects of Electrical Trauma xiii 8.1 Introduction / 8.1 Statistical Survey / 8.1 Non-Occupational Electrical Trauma / 8.4 Fatality and Injury Related Costs / 8.4 Electrical Events / 8.6 Electrocution and Electrical Fatalities / 8.7 Medical Aspects / 8.8 Non -Electrical Effects in Electrical Events / 8.10 Stabilization and Initial Evaluation / 8.13... chapter covering the safety aspects of electrical maintenance We truly hope that the increased detail in the old chapters and the addition of the new chapter will be met with the same enthusiasm as the previous edition Chapters 1, 2, and 3 continue to serve as the central core of the book, by presenting the case for electrical safety (Chapter 1), a broad coverage of electrical safety equipment (Chapter... to the ionization potential of the gas.”2 A similar definition, perhaps more useful in the discussion of electrical safety is given in the glossary of this handbook as: “The heat and light energy release that is caused by the electrical breakdown of and subsequent electrical discharge through an electrical insulator such as air.” Electric arcing occurs when a substantial amount of electric current flows... Inspections / 3.63 Electrical Tests / 3.63 Wet and Hazardous Environments / 3.63 Field Marking of Potential Hazards / 3.65 The One-Minute Safety Audit / 3.65 References / 3.66 Chapter 4 Grounding of Electrical Systems and Equipment Introduction / 4.1 Electric Shock Hazard / 4.1 General Requirements for Grounding and Bonding / 4.2 Definitions / 4.2 Grounding of Electrical Systems / 4.3 Grounding of Electrical .