The explosion happened in electrical equipment that powered the CSX building. An arc flash explosion at an office building in Jacksonville, Fla., sent two to the hospital with severe burns on Friday.

Arc flash is the term describing an extremely dangerous electrical hazard when uncontrolled current passes between two conductors. When voltage is high enough (over 480V), the intense heat of the arc ...

The most significant safety issue in the electrical industry is the threat of electrical workers being injured or killed by arcs and blasts. The principal hazards associated with such arcs and blasts ...

Sometimes, walking away from an arc flash event is a matter of just doing your homework. It's easy to complain, “We did everything right!” after a catastrophe – particularly when an explosive arc ...

WARE-- A brief explosion created by an "arc flash" from a 600-volt electrical panel that seriously injured a Ware River Power Inc. employee was accidental, investigators from the state fire marshal's ...

Rising rack densities lead to increased incident energy, elevating the risk of arc flash hazards. Proactively addressing these challenges is critical for protecting personnel, reducing downtime, and ...

He was married, had a very upbeat personality, a good position at the company, and was pleasant to be around. One day, Henry was trying to track down a low voltage problem and was conducting voltage ...

He was married, had a very upbeat personality, a good position at the company, and was pleasant to be around. One day, Henry was trying to track down a low voltage problem and was conducting voltage ...

It’s a force that can set clothing or skin on fire, send debris flying like shrapnel, melt metals, start fires or send a worker tumbling from a large height. An arc flash can kill or seriously hurt a ...

The Iowa Division of Labor Services Occupational Safety and Health Bureau issues citations to three employers as the result of an arc flash explosion last July in Sibley,Iowa. The Iowa Division of ...

An arc flash is defined as a hazardous explosion of energy from an electrical circuit, or a type of discharge that results from a low-impedance connection through air to ground or to another voltage ...

WorkSafe Victoria is charging EnergyAustralia with safety breaches after the death of a Yallourn Power Station unit controller in 2018. file photograph Bryce Eishold EnergyAustralia says a ...