by Brianna Crandall — February 22, 2016—Every three years, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) releases a new edition of NFPA 70E, the standard that helps reduce workers’ exposure to major electrical hazards when working on energized equipment. Graphic Products has summarized the 2015 standard to create a Best Practice Guide to Arc Flash Labeling and an Arc Flash PPE Quick Reference Guide, along with other resources.
Best Practice Guide to Arc Flash Labeling
Topics in this safety training resource include evaluating an electrical safety program, creating an arc flash label, and explaining arc flash PPE.
As Graphic Products puts it, “There’s always the quiet before the storm. The quiet is the slow and steady buzz of electricity fueling the machinery that runs our industrial economy. The storm is arc flash — an electrical explosion that vaporizes metal and burns anything in its path.”
Major changes to the 2015 NFPA standard include simplified label requirements and a more effective personal protective equipment (PPE) category system, the company points out.
The Best Practice Guide to Arc Flash Labeling topics include evaluating an electrical safety program, creating an arc flash label, and explaining arc flash PPE. The guide can be used as a safety training resource to help companies prevent workplace injuries and fatalities and comply with applicable OSHA standards.
Arc Flash PPE Quick Reference Guide
The company also summarized elements of the 2015 standard to create an Arc Flash PPE Quick Reference Guide for the proper use of personal protective equipment, which the company reminds is the last line of defense.
The 2015 standard uses a new Arc Flash PPE Category system to replace the Hazard / Risk Category (HRC) previously used. The quick reference guide is an easy-to-use graphic that outlines the four PPE categories used to classify arc flash hazard ranges. The graphic details arc-rated clothing and personal equipment based upon the standard’s recommendations for equipment and practices.
The guide can be used as a safety training resource to help companies and employees avoid workplace injuries and fatalities, and comply with applicable OSHA standards. Facilities can request the complimentary quick reference guide or receive it as part of Graphic Products’ comprehensive Arc Flash Labeling Best Practice Guide (above).
Additional resources
This complimentary, comprehensive, 130-page guide walks users through all the necessary steps for implementing an arc flash assessment and maintaining an arc flash program.
Graphic Products also produced an Arc Flash Boundary Infographic, and partnered with Easy Power to release a Calculating Arc Flash Energies Guide and the 10 Step Program to Developing an Arc Flash Hazard Program, along with the second edition of the Practical Solution Guide to Arc Flash Hazards.
Graphic Products has been providing solutions for safety and visual communication since 1970 with safety training materials, educational resources, and up-to-date news and compliance information on topics like arc flash, chemical labeling, and pipe marking. The company offers a full line of safety products and services, including the DuraLabel line of industrial label printers, designed for the modern workforce.
