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Implement NFPA 70E & NESC Arc Flash Training Changes By Hugh Hoagland OSHA hasn’t made major changes to the U.S. electrical safety standards since OSHA 1910.269 was created in 1994. That should change in 2013. OSHA’s regulatory calendar issued last year, announced that it will be updated by March 2013, but it now looks like [...]

OSHA has just released a 30-page booklet detailing what a Combustible Dust explosion is and how fire fighters should prepare/prevent/and fight those types of hazards. Take a look at the attachment for some valuable information about combustible dust hazards. OSHA Booklet for Firefighters    

  Below is an update from Safety Smart Today on combustible dust and how OSHA has reacted since the infamous Imperial Sugar explosion. Read on… Combustible Dust Update The Imperial Sugar explosion served as a national wake-up call on the dangers of combustible dusts. OSHA began work on a new standard for combustible dusts. Five [...]

Let’s start at the beginning by defining Modacrylic fibers. Modacrylic fibers are a modified acrylic fiber; thus ‘mod-acrylic.’ Acrylic fiber was originally introduced as a synthetic replacement for wool. Acrylic is made from a combination of polymers of at least 85% acrylonitrile. Modacrylic is modified by manufacturing a fiber of long-chain synthetic polymer combinations composed [...]

Below is an ISHN article that I found online; please read: ‘A natural gas company’s failure to provide a worker with FR clothing led to a fatality, according to OSHA, which has cited Pennsylvania-based J.R. Resources for eight safety and health violations. The employee died from injuries sustained during a flash fire. The company’s seven [...]