Put Your Safety In Our Hands

Arc flash incidents are fairly common with many serious injuries and fatalities reported. According to the NFPA 70E, arc flash incidents and the related burns "make up the majority of hospital admissions due to electrical accidents" (rather than shocks). Further, more than 2,000 people are admitted to intensive care burn units each year as a result of severe arc flash burns they received during an arc flash incident. Fatalities occur at a rate of approximately one per day in the United States with non-fatal arc flash incidents occurring approximately 5-10 times per day. Even these non-fatal arc flash incidents consistently result in many serious burns and injuries requiring weeks to months of intensive care hospital stays and many months of painful rehabilitation

Nearly every facility that uses electrical distribution systems and/or equipment is required to have an arc flash engineering study performed. Basically, any facility where an individual might be exposed to electrical hazards and the possible danger associated with arc flash exists requires a study. In addition to industry and manufacturing plants, this also includes facilities such as hospitals and schools.

The size of the facility is not the determining factor in who needs these arc flash engineering studies and electrical safety programs. You cannot circumvent the requirements for an electrical safety program and an arc flash engineering study. Further, the cost for performing such an engineering analysis for a small facility will be extremely low compared to the costs to your business as the result of an electrical accident involving one of your contractor employees. The host employer will generally be responsible for making sure that adequate electrical safety measures have been taken to protect and warn your contract employers from the known hazards of your facility, arc flash included.