Each year, several hundred workers are killed as a result of inadvertent contact with energized conductors. Surprisingly, over half of those killed are not in traditionally electrical fields (i.e., ...

Many workplace environments have dangers that can cause personal injuries. Still, some industries and careers have a greater risk of being hurt or killed by electrical hazards than others.

This safety procedure provides guidelines for safely working around electrical hazards. It includes provisions for training, lockout requirements, and specific types of work practices and the required ...

When you know how injuries occur in the workplace, you can put in place prevention measures. The most common hazards are from chemicals, fires, repetitive motion, electricity and fall related injuries ...

It is the responsibility of the work site manager and overseeing company to ensure employees are knowledgeable and informed about the dangers of working with electrical systems, preventative measures ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Did you know there is enough electricity in an ordinary Christmas tree light bulb to kill you? Electricity harms, and can kill, by giving an electric shock. Electric shock ...

Since it was enacted, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) has required, in part, that employers provide a workplace free from recognized hazards. The full text of that provision ...

Martindale, leaders in safe isolation testing, are running a new awareness campaign ‘STOP. No Check. No Contact!’ reminding ...

During the seven years since the Philadelphia Office of the Controller identified electrical, fire and other hazards at several city schools, more dangers have piled up while many of the original ...

During the course of an ongoing audit in October 2015 of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations' construction and commissioning of a new office and residential apartment building at the U.S.

To the Editor: The article in the July 3 issue concerning ventricular fibrillation associated with an electrically operated bed has prompted me to describe an accident of a different type that also ...