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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

OSHA, NEC and NFPA 70E

This NFPA article is subtitled "Fitting the Puzzle Pieces Together to Provide Worker Safety".

The article begins by noting that "There are so many codes and standards for electrical safety it seems that the requirements become more complicated with each standard’s revision." It then provides help make clear the answers safety questions that appear complicated.

It covers the following topics:

  • Routine maintenance with catastrophic results

  • The work place was more dangerous in 1970

  • OSHA’s general duty clause

  • OSHA and NFPA 70E

  • How does the NEC fit into the puzzle?

  • Best electrical safety practice – de-energize

  • Electrical hazards in the workplace

  • The pieces fit, puzzle solved!
Take a look at this article for a better understanding of OSHA, and how OSHA, NFPA and NEC work together to produce regulations and codes to improve worker safety.

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